The Royal Swedish Opera is set to hold a New Year’s Eve concert featuring conductor Vincenzo Milletarì. The conductor will join forces with the soloists of the Royal Swedish Opera including Miriam Treichl, Daniel Johansson, Vivianne Holmberg, and Håkan Ekenäs. The performance will also feature graduating students from the opera program at Stockholm University of Dramatic Arts. The festive program {…}
The Royal Swedish Opera hs announced that Music Director Alan Gilbert has also been named Royal Court Kapellmeister. The company said that “Alan Gilbert is a Swedish and American citizen and has been living with his family in Stockholm for many years. Court Kapellmeister is, like court singer and court dancer, an honorary title that H.M. The king distributes on proposals {…}
(Credit: Chris Christodoulou) OperaVision has announced its streams for the month of January. Polly Graham’s production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” from the Royal College of Music kicks off the streaming slate. The opera features Jamie Woollard as Sarastro, Michael Bell as Tamino, Charlotte Bowden as Pamina, and Clara Barbier as Die Königin der Nacht. The cast also includes Dafydd Allen, {…}
Alan Gilbert is set to lead a new production of Wagner’s “Die Walküre” at the Royal Swedish Opera on Nov. 20, 2021. The showcase, which represents Gilbert’s first stage production as the company’s Music Director, will be staged by Staffan Valdemar Holm. Audiences will hear Ingela Brimberg and Iréne Theorin alternating in the role of Brünnhilde with Cornelia Beskow as {…}
Alan Gilbert has been hospitalized for COVID-19. The conductor was admitted a week ago for the virus in Stockholm where COVID-19 cases are currently on the rise. Gilbert announced he had COVID-19 on April 14 in a statement on Facebook noting “As some people are already aware, I’ve recently contracted COVID-19, was admitted to hospital over the weekend and am {…}
The Swedish Opera in Stockholm has been forced to shut down due to a COVID-19 outbreak. According to a report in Radio Classique, the company is experiencing a cluster of 15 Covid-19 cases across several departments and is being investigated by the Work Environment Agency. In a statement, Birgitta Svendén, the president of the Swedish institution, said that none of {…}
The Royal Swedish Opera has released a new recording of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The new recording can be streamed on the company’s Operan Play and stars Malin Byström in the title role. The acclaimed soprano is joined by Daniel Johansson as Cavaradossi and Lukasz Golinski as Baron Scarpia in a concert performance that will be available until May 8, 2021. In {…}
The Royal Swedish Opera has appointed Michael Cavanagh as its Artistic Director. Cavanagh has directed over 150 opera productions at 30 companies around the world. He has served as the artistic director of the Edmonton Opera, production director at Opera on the Avalon in St. John, and written librettos for seven chamber operas. At the Royal Swedish Opera he has {…}
The Royal Swedish Opera has canceled all productions until 2021. In a statement, the company said, “due to the coronavirus, we have decided to cancel all public events at the Royal Opera until December 31. We will contact ticket holders via email and will continuously update operan.se with the latest information.” The news comes as Sweden is seeing a growing {…}
The Royal Swedish Opera opens a new production of acclaimed singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright’s “Prima Donna” on October 10, running through November 14. “Prima Donna’s” libretto is Wainwright’s, written in collaboration with Bernadette Colomine. “Prima Donna,” billed as a tribute to the art of Romantic opera, premiered at the Manchester International Festival in 2009. “Prima Donna” relates the story of a {…}
On April 15, 2020, Swedish mezzo-soprano Kerstin Meyer passed away, at the age of 92. Meyer is remembered as a leading mezzo during the 50s and 60s, singing with prominent companies throughout Europe. After graduating from Stockholm’s Royal College of Music in 1948, Meyer studied at the Opera School, where she won the Christine Nilsson Scholarship to fund studies in {…}