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THE OPERA
- GENRE BEHIND THE SCENES, OPERA, BALLET
- LENGTH 60 mins
- 24 DAYS LEFT
- GENRE DANCE, EXCLUSIVE, BALLET
- LENGTH 1 hr 47 mins
- 3 DAYS LEFT
- GENRE CONCERT, EXCLUSIVE, OPERA
- LENGTH Ca 55 mins
- 10 DAYS LEFT
- GENRE OPERA, EXCLUSIVE
- LENGTH Ca 2 hrs
- 10 DAYS LEFT
- GENRE DOCUMENTARY, BEHIND THE SCENES, EXCLUSIVE
- LENGTH 5 x 60 mins
- 70 DAYS LEFT
COMING SOON
- GENRE OPERA
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- PUBLISHED 23 JANUARY, 2021
Cast
After Pija Lindenbaum's book When Åke´s Mother Forgot
MUSIC Thomas Lindahl
LIBRETTO Irena Kraus
DIRECTOR Mia Ringblom Hjertner
SET DESIGN & LIGHT Thorsten Dahn
COSTUME & MASK Pija Lindenbaumn
ÅKE'S MOTHER Marianne Eklöf
GRANDMOTHER/TICKETING LADY Susann Végh
ÅKE Conny Thimander
THE DOCTOR/THE SNAKE OLLE Maja Frydén
ANIMAL CARETAKER/HOT DOG SALESMAN Johan Wennerstrand
MUSICIANS FROM THE ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
KAPELLMEISTER Krister Lundkvist
The MAGICAL
House part 2
Costume Magic!
At the top of the Opera building you can find the costume department. The Royal Opera actually has more than 30 000 costumes! The costumes strongly contributes to the magic created on stage - they invite us to a world of magicians, bears and princesses - and all in between. Together with our host, Sara, we try on some costumes and we get to know more about how to get the right costume on the right person!
The Young at the Opera section has created the web series The Magical House for classes 1-3. There are more than 1000 rooms and 120 professions that we will discover together! This is the second episode of the series.
A big thank you to Astrid Ohlin who made this episode possible - to the memory of Jan Ohlin - and Wallenius Lines.
Learn how to dance
BALLET!
The Magical House part 1
What does it take to become a ballet dancer and how do you actually do a pirouette ? In this episode we learn the basics of classical ballet and what it is like to work as a ballet dancer. Together with discoverer and guide Sara we try out the basic "positions" and we learn how to spin - without getting dizzy!
The Young at the Opera section has created the web series The Magical House for classes 1-3. There are more than 1000 rooms and 120 professions that we will discover together! This is the first episode of the series. You can download our Teacher's guide to the episode here.
A big thank you to Wallenius Lines who made this episode possible.
Meet the artist -
MATS EK
Just before the world premiere of Mats Ek's "woman with water" ("överbord"), the audience was invited to an open rehearsal with the dancers and Mats Ek. Once the rehearsal finished, Ek teamed up with long time friend and painter Marie-Louise Ekman for a chat on the subject of the piece as well as taking questions from the audience.
The conversation took place in Målarsalen at the Royal Swedish Opera on Saturday February 15 2020.
"woman with water" is dedicated to Marie-Louise Ekman.
Cast
Mats Ek CHOREOGRAPHY
Piotr Tchaikovsky MUSIC
selected by Mats Ek
Anders Högstedt MUSICAL ADAPTION
Magdalena Åberg SET & COSTUME DESIGNER
Linus Fellbom LIGHT DESIGN
Mariko Kida JULIET
Anthony Lomuljo ROMEO
Arsen Mehrabyan FATHER
Marie Lindqvist MOTHER
Niklas Ek DUKE
Ana Laguna NURSE
Jérôme Marchand MERCUTIO
Hokuto Kodama BENVOLIO
Pascal Jansson TYBALT
Oscar Salomonsson PARIS
Daria Ivanova ROSALINDA
Jörgen Stövind PETER
DANCERS FROM THE ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET
Alexander Polianichko CONDUCTOR
THE ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
Semmy Stahlhammer CONCERT MASTER
Bengt-Åke Lundin PIANO SOLOIST
SHIFT | CACTI
Alexander Ekman's corona adapted work with and for the Royal Swedish Ballet
In the spring of 2020, the world was paralyzed by the corona pandemic, and theaters around the world were forced to close. At the end of May, the choreographer Alexander Ekman was hired to create a corona-adapted work for the Royal Swedish Ballet's dancers, which becam the work SHIFT.
The second presented work is Ekman's most recognised internationally, CACTI (2010), which has never been shown in Sweden before. »CACTI is about how we view art and how we feel the need to analyze and" understand "art. I feel that there is no "correct" way and that everyone is free to interpret and experience art as they wish. "
The performance is realised with the support of the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.
Premiere Talk -
ALEXANDER EKMAN
Meet the mind behind SHIFT | CACTI
Ekman, who has previoulsy created Tyll, Midsummer Night’s Dream and recently Escapist for the Royal Swedish Ballet, has over the last few years been firmly established on the international dance scene with new creations such as Play for the Paris Opera, Cow at the Semperoper Dresden and A Swan Lake at the Norwegian National Ballet. Dramaturge Katarina Aronsson talks to Ekman a few days before the opening of SHIFT | CACTI at the Royal Swedish Opera.
Cast
CHOREOGRAPHY & VISUAL DESIGN Alexander Ekman
MUSIC SHIFT Mikael Karlsson
MUSIKCCACTI Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert
RECORDED MUSIC the Royal Swedish Orchestra, conductor David Björkman
LIGHT Alexander Ekman assisted by lights' master
Martin Säfström (SHIFT), Tom Visser (CACTI)
TEXT CACTI Spenser Theberge
Dancers from the Royal Swedish Ballet
SHIFT
Camille Chanial, Maëva Cotton, Frida Hambraeus, Daria Ivanova, Alaia Rogers-Maman,
Luiza Lopes, Isabelle Maia, Sarah Jane Medley, Anna Cecilia Meyer, Kisa Nakashima,
Nathalie Nordquist, Alessa Rogers, Haruka Sassa, Nadja Sellrup, Pauline Simon,
Desislava Stoeva, Lisa Van Cauwenbergh, Madeline Woo, Kaho Yanagisawa, AdiLiJiang Abudureheman,
Gabriel Barrenengoa, Jonatan Davidsson, Panagiotis Dionysakopoulos, Hampus Gauffin, Daniel Goldsmith,
Pascal Jansson, Julien Keulen, Otmar Klemann, Dawid Kupinski, Claes Lindbom,
Preston McBain, Kentaro Mitsumori, Jérémie Neveu, Samuele Ninci, Gianmarco Romano,
Ethan Watts, Karl Wigle
CACTI
Elisa Fossati, Frida Hambraeus, Daria Ivanova, Sarah Jane Medley, Kisa Nakashima,
Natalie Ogonek, Alessa Rogers, Haruka Sassa, Anna Cecilia Meyer, Desislava Stoeva,
Lisa Van Cauwenbergh, Madeline Woo, Kaho Yanagisawa, Calum Lowden, Gabriel Barrenengoa,
Jonatan Davidsson, Panagiotis Dionysakopoulos, William Dugan, Hampus Gauffin, Julien Keulen,
Dawid Kupinski, Andrea Marino, Jérémie Neveu, Gianmarco Romano, Erik Rudqvist,
Ethan Watts, Preston McBain
DUET CACTI Kaho Yanagisawa, Jonatan Davidsson
SOLO CACTI Madeline Woo
MUSICIANS FROM THE ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
Carl Vallin, Anna Brundin-Mossop, Håkan Olsson, Kati Raitinen
With
Sofie Asplund
SOPRANO
Malin Byström
COURT SINGER, SOPRANO
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson COURT SINGER, BARITONE
Dmitry Zagrebin PRINCIPAL DANCER, ROYAL BALLET
Haruka Sassa PRINCIPAL DANCER, ROYAL BALLET
Calum Lowden 1:ST SOLOIST, ROYAL BALLET
Anders Kjellberg Nilsson VIOLIN
Jane Lennard-Suff PIANO
Anna Buchenhorst PIANO
ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR Sian Edwards
CONCERT MASTER Tale Olsson
CHRISTMAS
CONCERT
Merry Christmas from all of us at the Royal Swedish Opera!
Welcome to a concert in the spirit of Christmas with members from the Royal Swedish Orchestra's brass section under the direction of Espen Aareskjold, plus soloists from the Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Therese Badman Stenius and John Kim. Presented by Carl Jakobsson.
We wish you all a beautiful fourth Sunday of Advent and a Merry Christmas!
Do you want experience this performance on your TV? Read our guide to Apple TV and Chromecast here (in Swedish).
Saariaho's La Passion
de SIMONE
Lauded oratorio with Anne Sofie von Otter
Welcome to the passionate universe of the French-Jewish philosopher and mystic Simone Weil. Before she died aged 34, she participated in the Spanish Civil War, worked in a refugee camp, in a factory and as a teacher and, above all, she formulated radical ideas about the basic needs of individuals as well as society as a whole.
La Passion de Simone is a piece of musical drama by the world-famous Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho with a libretto by the French-Lebanese author Amin Maalouf. Soloist is court singer Anne Sofie von Otter who appears together with the Royal Chorus and the Royal Orchestra under the baton of Christian Karlsen. The performance is preceded by an introductory talk with dramaturge Katarina Aronsson in conversation with Kaija Saariaho (see below). The concert is available until January 31st, 2021.
PREMIERE TALK
before La Passion...
Meet composer Kaija Saariaho
Dramaturge Katarina Aronsson from the Royal Swedish Opera meets world famous composer Kaija Saariaho and talks about her work and more particularly La Passion de Simone.
La Passion de Simone is a cooperation between Jewish Culture in Sweden and the Royal Swedish Opera. The piece and the talk took place at the Opera on October 17 2020.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS from the Royal Opera Chorus
From us to to you - Merry Christmas!
Greetings from the Royal Swedish Opera Chorus as they perform "The First Nowell/Mary's Child", from Born in the Night, Mary's Child (1959) by Geoffrey Ainger (1925-2012), arr. by William Llewellyn (1925-).
With the Royal Swedish Opera Chorus under the direction of chorus master James Grossmith.
Assisting chorus master Krystian Bellière
Sound & editing Radosław Rzepecki
Thank you to Katarina Kyrka & Gregory Lloyd
JENNY LIND
200 years
One of the opera world's most celebrated and beloved singers
In this concert, recorded at the Royal Swedish Opera in October 2020, the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling pays tribute to "the Swedish nightingale". At the beginning of her career, Tilling received the Jenny Lind scholarship and is now one of our most appreciated concert and opera singers with many prestigious assignments around the world. During a little over an hour, she leads us through Jenny Lind's story; from young student to world-famous singer.
In collaboration with the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
WITH
Camilla Tilling SOPRANO
Martin Virin PIANO
Kirsti Stubø ACTOR, ROYAL DRAMATIC THEATRE
Katarina Aronsson DRAMATURGE
Henrik Månberg & Indra Strautmanis FLUTE
Meet RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
Premiere Talk PRIMA DONNA
Dramaturge Katarina Aronsson from the Royal Swedish Opera meets indie icon Rufus Wainwright in a candid talk about creation - and his love of the art of opera.
Cast
RÉGINE SAINT LAURENT Elin Rombo
MARIE Beate Mordal
PHILIPPE Jeremy Carpenter
ANDRÉ LETOURNER Conny Thimander
FRANÇOIS Ruben Lundström
SOPHIE Nadja Sjöström
MUSIC Rufus Wainwright
LIBRETTO Rufus Wainwright & Bernadette Colomine
CONDUCTOR Jayce Ogren
DIRECTOR Mårten Forslund
STAGE DESIGN Sabine Theunissen
COSTUME & MAKE UP Jeanette Stener
LIGHT Linus Fellbom
ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
CONCERT MASTER Jannica Gustafsson
LIFE AT THE OPERA
part 2
Premiere coming up and a tense casting
Welcome to Life at the Opera, part 2. You can almost touch the air as the premiere of Turandot approaches. The title role is sung by megastar soprano Nina Stemme - and the stakes are high... and, at the same time, a veritable legend is welcomed by the Royal Swedish Ballet - and she puts the dancers to the test in a very tough casting.
IN SWEDISH
LIFE AT THE OPERA
part 3
A visiting legend and busy days in the costume department
Welcome to Life at the Opera, part 3. Legendary prima ballerina Natalia Makarova is in the house staging Giselle - and she puts the dancers of the Royal Swedish Ballet to the test with her high demands. The costume department is struggling to keep head over water with all the last minute changes to the costumes...
IN SWEDISH
LIFE AT THE OPERA
part 4
Rehearsals, rehearsals and more rehearsals... and a premiere signed Young at the Opera
Welcome to Life at the Opera, part 4. The production of the opera Peter Grimes is pushing the house to the limit. After many years singing at the Royal Swedish Opera, soloist Marianne Eklöf likes to "have a finger in the pie". First soloist dancer Jenny Nilsson stages a performance for children - with a very special guest in the audience.
IN SWEDISH
LIFE AT THE OPERA
part 5
Illness panic and dancers exerting themselves
Welcome to Life at the Opera, part 5. What do you do when someone falls ill? Illness strikes the cast of the operetta Die Fledermaus and a stand-in has to be found - and before the evening's performance. Not only the opera section is struggling - the premiere of the ballet Juliet & Romeo is approaching, and the world press is gathering in Stockholm to see the Royal Swedish Ballet.
IN SWEDISH
Cast
ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO WORKED AT THE ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA DURING 2013
THE ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
THE ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA CHORUS
SOLOISTS
THE ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET
CREATIVE TEAMS