CD Hildegard

On May 27, 2020 Steven Kamperman launched a CD registration of Hildegard. A new opera about 12th century mystic and freethinker Hildegard von Bingen: a musical tapestry combining sections from her Gregorian composition Ordo Virtutum (1150) with Kampermans own original work (2018). The CD includes the libretto in Dutch and English and is available at Bol.com. 

I highly recommend this Hildegard Opera to anyone interested in modern interpretations of modal music. Composer Steven Kamperman has the rare ability to make every style of music sound like his own. Composer Theo Loevendie

Trailer CD Hildegard Opera

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Reviews CD Hildegard Opera

De Volkskrant, Guido van Oorschot, July 29, 2020

Kamperman [...] delivers a fine score with a fat double bass, thunderous church organ and a great beer song. The soloists Wynada Zeevaarder (Hildegard) and Marc Pantus (among others The Devil) are first-class.

Het Parool, Erik Voermans, August 15, 2020

In 2018 Steven Kamperman wrote an opera about the twelfth-century mystic Hildegard van Bingen. The play has been successfully performed in various places in the Netherlands.

Moors Magazine, Holly Moors, August 26, 2020

In his opera Kamperman goes further into that fierce side of her monastic life, and that results in a number of beautiful contemporary musical scenes, which in a curious way fit perfectly with the music of Hildegard.

Jazz Nu, Rinus van der Heijden, October 24, 2020

Beautiful and detailed, deviating from the approach and repertoire of common operas. And therefore a pleasure to listen to.