(Photo credit: Markus Gårder) The Royal Swedish Opera has announced Gasometer will be its stage while the opera house’s renovations take place. The unique gas clock in Stockholm is currently being constructed into a stage space for opera, ballet, and classical music. Gasometer is housed in a former industrial building in the Norra Djurgårdsstaden, a part of Stockholm which has {…}
The Royal Swedish Opera has been fined 3 million kronor, the equivalent of $300,000, following the death of a stage technician who fell around 13 meters from a balcony as he was carrying out work in the opera house. The AP News is reporting that the company had been investigated and Prosecutor Jennie Nordin said the death could have been {…}
The Royal Swedish Opera is set to world premiere “Melancolia” on Oct. 21, 2023. The opera, based on Lars von Trier’s famed film, is composed by Mikael Karlsson and written by Royce Vabrek. It stars Lauren Snouffer, Rihab Chaieb, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jens Persson Hertzman, Ola Eliasson, Johan Edholm, and Mikael Stenbeck. Andrea Molina conducts. Sláva Daubnerová directs. “‘Melancholia’s’ music is {…}
UPDATE: The Royal Swedish Opera will remain closed until Oct. 2 due to the accident that is currently being investigated. The Royal Swedish Opera has canceled further performances due to a tragic accident. In a statement the company said, “due to a tragic accident, the Royal Swedish Opera cancels all performances and activities until and including Friday, September 29. All {…}
The Royal Swedish Opera’s 250th anniversary season will continue this September with a production of “Elektra.” The opera, which runs through Oct. 16, 2023, will be presented in a production by Staffan Valdemar Holm, who previously directed the award-winning production of “Der Ring des Nibelungen” with the company. Bente Lykke Møller will provide set and costume design as well as {…}
(Credit: Markus Gårder ) This review is for the performance on August 28, 2023. “Madama Butterfly” is one of opera’s most renowned and controversial stories. On one hand you have the tale of a young woman waiting endlessly for the man she loves, only to discover that she’s been lied to for the past three years, a fact that the {…}
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 {…}
