OPERA AND BALLET. AT ANY TIME.IN ANY PLACE. THE ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA’S DIGITAL CHANNEL – The Art of Looking Forward
- GENRE OPERA, MYTHOLOGY, DRAMATIC, EXCLUSIVE
- LENGTH Ca 3 hrs 50 mins
- 3 DAYS LEFT
- GENRE DANCE, EXCLUSIVE, BALLET
- LENGTH ca. 20 mins
- 3 DAYS LEFT
STORIES
- GENRE OPERA
- LENGTH 3 x 20 mins
- 3 DAYS LEFT
- GENRE CONCERT, EXCLUSIVE
- LENGTH Ca 30 mins
- 3 DAYS LEFT
OPERA
AT HAGA
- GENRE OPERA, EXCLUSIVE, BALLET, CONCERT
- LENGTH Ca 54 mins
- 3 DAYS LEFT
THE OPERA
- GENRE DOCUMENTARY, BEHIND THE SCENES, EXCLUSIVE
- LENGTH 5 x 60 mins
- 3 DAYS LEFT
Cast
MUSIC Richard Wagner
LIBRETTO Richard Wagner
SIEGMUND Joachim Bäckström
HUNDING Lennart Forsén
WOTAN Greer Grimsley
SIEGLINDE Elisabet Strid
BRÜNNHILDE Iréne Theorin
FRICKA Katarina Dalayman
HELMWIGE Angela Rotondo
GERHILDE Emma Vetter
ORTLINDE Sara Olsson
WALTRAUTE Tuija Knihtilä
SIEGRUNE Monika Mannerström Skog
ROSSWEISE Susann Végh
GRIMGERDE Klementina Savnik
SCHWERTLEITE Kristina Martling
CONDUCTOR Constantin Trinks
THE ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
TRANSLATION Lasse Zilliacus
DANCER'S PORTRAIT -
Madeline Woo
Meet one of the dancer's of the Royal Swedish Ballet
Meet Madeline Woo - dancer with the Royal Swedish Ballet. We met up with Madi during a corona-safe rehearsal of Don Quijote, supervised by the director of the ballet, Nicolas Le Riche. Madeline tells us about her life as a dancer, what it is like to move across the globe to follow your passion - dance. A passion passed on to her by her mother when she was born...
With Jane Lennard-Suff at the piano and with rehearsal director Eva Nissen.
DANCER'S PORTRAIT
Dmitry Zagrebin
Meet Dmitry Zagrebin - first soloist in the Royal Swedish Ballet. You are invited behind the scenes by Dmitry, ballet director Nicolas Le Riche, pianist Jane Lennard-Suff and ballet master Eva Nissen as they rehearse the role of Basilio in Don Quixote. Dmitry talks about his background and shares his thoughts and fears facing the corona crisis. How can a dancer stay in shape and on top of his/her artistry when they are not allowed to do what they love?
Alexander Ekman's
ESKAPIST
Excerpts from the hit performance with the Royal Swedish Ballet
Alexander Ekman is a choreographer that keeps on surprising us. In 2012 he created his first piece for the Royal Swedish Ballet - Tyll - and in 2015 his Midsummer Night's Dream was a huge success at the Royal Swedish Opera. Today he creates dance productions all over the world - but he returned to the Royal Swedish Ballet in 2019 with an original creation - Eskapist. A production like no other - Eskapist quickly sold out and was loved by critics as well as the audience. This compact production shows exclusive, selected scenes from Eskapist and a (rare) interview with Alexander Ekman.
Meet the Artist –
MIKAEL KARLSSON
On creating music for dance
Mikael Karlsson is the composer who has been working side by side with Alexander Ekman on several projects. How do you actually go about it when composing for dancers? How do you cooperate with the choreographer? Meet one of the most interesting Swedish composers right now - who just landed a contract for a full length opera with the Royal Swedish Opera!
Meet the Artist –
HENRIK VIBSKOV
From the catwalk to the stage - similarities and differences
Henrik Vibskov is one of the most celebrated designers of the Danish fashion design miracle - and just like composer Mikael Karlsson, he often works with Alexander Ekman. The trio collaborated on the acclaimed Cow at the Semperoper in Dresden. How does creating for the stage differ from creating everyday fashion? How do you go from idea to a finished product - that you can actually dance in?
Artistic Team
CHOREOGRAPHY/STAGE DESIGN/LIGHT Alexander Ekman
MUSIC Mikael Karlsson
COSTUME & MAKE UP Henrik Vibskov
DRAMATURGE Carina Nildalen
THE ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET
JAG KOMMER HEM
a part of Short Stories II
An insight into a reality "close to home"
Malin Hülphers has been active as a composer since 1991 and mainly writes musical drama. A part from several children's operas, she has also composed chamber music, musicals, music for dance pieces as well as setting music to lyrical texts. She is also active as a librettist. Hülphers' has been house composer with Göteborgsoperan and with the Regional Music for Västernorrland and is currently heading the stage art department at Estrad Norr. Jag kommer hem (I am coming home) is Hülphers' first opera for a grown-up audience. It is a comic operatic pearl where we are thrown into a session at the couples' therapist.
VALUE CREATION
a part of Short Stories II
The finance world analysed in a short opera with a moral twist
Viktor Åslund studied piano and later moved on to conducting. In parallel to his career as a conductor, Åslund has also been active as a composer and in arrangement. He composes orchestral pieces, chamber music, songs and film music. In 2016 he composed Steppenwolf after the novel by Hermann Hesse - it became Åslund's first operatic work. Value creation is his second opera, a twisted story, with hints of film noir, and it dissects the morals of the financial world.
PREMIERE TALK
Short Stories II
Meet the composers and librettists behind Short Stories II
Meet the creators behind Short Stories II in a conversation before the world premiere: Viktor Åslund and Hermann Schneider (Value Creation), Malin Hülphers and Lotta Olsson (Jag kommer hem(I am coming ) plus Andrea Tarrodi and Katarina Aronsson (Sigrid H.).
Recorded live at the Rotunda at the Royal Swedish Opera Monday February 17 2020.
In Swedish.
Cast
VALUE CREATION
MUSIC Viktor Åslund
TEXT Hermann Schneider
DIRECTION & STAGE DESIGN Natalie Ringler
NORA Kristina Hansson Unander
CHRISTINA Louise Reitberger
CHARLES Mikael Stenbaek
ED Peter Haeggström
JAG KOMMER HEM (I AM COMING HOME)
MUSIC Malin Hülphers
TEXT Lotta Olsson
DIRECTION & STAGE DESIGN Ola Eliasson
THE MAN Thorvald Bergström
THE WOMAN Therese Badman Stenius
THE THERAPIST Anders Blom
SIGRID H.
MUSIC Andrea Tarrodi
TEXT Katarina Aronsson
DIRECTION & STAGE DESIGN Natalie Ringler
SIGRID Katarina Böhm
ISAAC Simon Petersson
EINAR Thorvald Bergström
THE DOCTOR Peter Achrén
CONDUCTOR James Grossmith
DRAMATURGE Katarina Aronsson
MUSICIANS FROM THE ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
ALAN GILBERT conducts MAHLER'S fourth
Re-run of the concert from March 31
The future Head of Music of the Royal Swedish Opera, Alan Gilbert, joins forces with his "old" and "new" orchestra, and invites you to a symphony concert on a smaller scale, live from the Golden Foyer at the Opera. Gilbert conducts Gustav Mahler's fourth symphony, in a chamber arrangement, with members from the Royal Swedish Orchestra, as well as members from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and pianists Martin Sturfält and Simon Craaford-Phillips. Also featuring court singer and soprano Elin Rombo. A unique occasion where musicians come together to emphasize the importance of music in these difficult times.
Program
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony nr 4 (arrangement for chamber orchestra: Klaus Simon)
I. Bedachtig, nicht eilen
II. In gemachlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast
III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio
IV. Sehr behaglich
Text (movement IV) trad. from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Medverkande
CONDUCTOR Alan Gilbert
SOLOIST Elin Rombo
CONCERT MASTER Jannika Gustafsson
VIOLIN Simona Bonfiglioli
VIOLA Emilie Hörnlund
CELLO Erik Wahlgren
CONTRABASS Håkan Ehren
FLUTE Henrik Månberg
OBOE Fredrik Söhngen
COR ANGLAIS Anders Ekholm
CLARINET Staffan Mårtensson
BASSOON Anders Engström
HORN Benedikt Scholtes
PERCUSSION Daniel Kåse and Rolf Thunander
PIANO Simon Crawford-Phillips
HARMONIUM Martin Sturfält
With
CONDUCTOR James Duddle
THE ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
CONCERT MASTER Jannica Gustafsson
ORCHESTRA ARRANGEMENTS Staffan Lundberg
SOLOIST Court Singer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson
THE ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET
DANCER Frida Hambraeus
FIRST SOLOIST Pascal Jansson
PRINCIPAL DANCER Haruka Sassa
THE ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN Leila Forstén
VIOLIN, CONCERT MASTER Jannica Gustafsson
VIOLIN Jan Stigmer
VIOLA James Opie
CELLO Tamara Beliaeva-Bohlin
CONTRABASS Katarina Lindgren
FLUTE Susanne Ekman
OBOE Anders Ekholm
CLARINET Per Billman
BASSOON Berthold Grosse
FRENCH HORN Björn Eriksson
FRENCH HORN Liselotte Carlsson
TRUMPET Keitaro Shimizu
TROMBONE Lars Westergren
CELLO Kati Raitinen
HARPE Åsa Lännerholm
THE ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER James Grossmith
Peter Achrén
Therese Badman Stenius
Thorvald Bergström
Katarina Böhm
Anna Danielsson
Håkan Ekenäs
Malin Emilson
Jessica Forsell
Henriikka Gröndahl
Kristina Hansson Unander
Lina Hägerström Kindblad
Anneli Jupither
John Kim
Johan Lilja
Andreas Lundmark
Kristina Martling
Olga Medianova
Mattias Milder
Wei Nan
Annica Nilsson
Jon Nilsson
Daniel Ohlmann
Mikael Onelius
Louise Reitberger
Angela Rotondo
Johan Rydh
Radoslaw Rzepecki
Johanna Sannefors
Jihan Shin
Mikael Stenbaeck
Jan Sörberg
Mirja Sörberg
Lisa Thor
Christian Wegmann
Kristina Wennberg
Jacob Wistrand
With
Birgitta Svendén
CEO & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR THE ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA
Staffan Larsson
GOVERNOR OF THE ROYAL PALACES
Pehr Granfalk
CHAIRMAN OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARD IN SOLNA STAD
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