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THE ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA’S DIGITAL CHANNEL – The Art of Looking Forward
IN WORD & TUNES
- GENRE CONCERT, EXCLUSIVE
- LENGTH Ca 40 mins
- 7 DAYS LEFT
BOHÈME
- GENRE OPERA
- LENGTH Ca 2 hrs 6 mins
- 4 DAYS LEFT
- GENRE DANCE, EXCLUSIVE, BALLET
- LENGTH Ca 1 hr 47 mins
- 5 DAYS LEFT
STORIES
- GENRE OPERA
- LENGTH 3 x 20 mins
- 8 DAYS LEFT
THE OPERA
- GENRE DOCUMENTARY, BEHIND THE SCENES, EXCLUSIVE
- LENGTH 5 x 60 mins
- 71 DAYS LEFT
- GENRE OPERA, EXCLUSIVE, AUDIO
- LENGTH Ca 4 hrs
- 8 DAYS LEFT
COMING SOON
CONCERT
- GENRE CONCERT, EXCLUSIVE
- LENGTH ca. 30 mins
- PUBLISHED 27 MAY, 2020
CLASS
- GENRE BALLET, CONCERT, EXCLUSIVE, BEHIND THE SCENES
- LENGTH ca. 30 mins
- PUBLISHED 28 MAY, 2020
BARBER
in Concert
Alan Gilbert conducts the Royal Swedish Orchestra in tribute to Samuel Barber
RE-RUN OF LIVE CONCERT FROM MAY 13. The future Music Director af the Royal Swedish Opera, maestro Alan Gilbert, directs the Royal Swedish Orchestra in a concert dedicated to one of the most cherished composers of the 20th century, Samuel Barber. Featuring Court Singers Elin Rombo (soprano) and Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone).
Program
Dover Beach
For baritone and string quartet, op. 3 (1931).
Text Matthew Arnold
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
For soprano and orchestra, op. 24 (1947).
Text James Agee
Adagio for strings
From string quartet in B minor, op. 11 (1937).
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
Puccini's LA BOHÈME
Acts 3-4
››…a roaring success‹‹ Financial Times
ACTS III - IV A year has passed. Edvard and Tulla works at a brothel. He paints portraits and she entertains the guests. When Edward puts pressure on his friend August, the latter admits to loving Mimì - but she is fatally ill and he is too poor to help her in any way.
Mimì very ill and can not even make it up the stairs to her room. All the friends are quickly brought back to reality when they realize they cannot help the young woman...
Running time acts 3-4: ca 1 hr 5 mins.
Cast
MUSIC Giacomo Puccini
LIBRETTO G Giacosa/L Illica
CONDUCTOR Daniele Callegari
DIRECTOR, STAGE DESIGN, MASK, COSTUME & LIGHT José Cura
DRAMATURGE Katarina Aronsson
ASSISTING DIRECTOR & STAGE DESIGNER Silvia Collazuol
TRANSLATION Annika Brandt
MIMÌ Yana Kleyn
MUSETTA (TULLA LARSEN) Sanna Gibbs
RODOLFO (AUGUST STRINDBERG) Daniel Johansson
MARCELLO (EDVARD MUNCH) Linus Börjesson
SCHAUNARD (EDVARD GRIEG) Jens Persson
COLLINE (SÖREN KIERKEGAARD) John Erik Eleby
BENOÎT Niklas Björling Rygert
ALCINDORE Tomas Bergström
PARPIGNOL (CHRISTMAS GOAT) Olof Lilja
THE ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
CONCERT MASTER Erik Heide
THE ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER James Grossmith
ASSISTING CHORUS MASTER Martin Virin
CHILDREN FROM THE ADOLF FREDRIKS MUSIC CLASSES
MUSICAL DIRECTION Sofia Ågren
Between acts I and II intermission music is performed by two members of the chorus
VIOLIN Jon Nilsson
PIANO Andreas Lundmark
DIE WALKÜRE
in concert version from March 14
Wagner classic in unique live recording from the Royal Swedish Opera
Die Walküre in concert version - live from the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm on March 14 2020. Due to the corona crisis, the Royal Swedish Opera was forced to close its doors to the public, leaving many Wagner fans disappointed as Die Walküre was canceled. In a last effort - the decision to do a live streaming of the performance was taken the day before the actual date. Enjoy!
Running time 3 hrs 50 mins.
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
SIGRID H.
A part of Short Stories II
A beloved work of art becomes an opera
Andrea Tarrodi studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, at the Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia, Italy and at the School of Music at the Luleå University of Technology. She mainly writes orchestral and vocal music and her pieces have been performed by most Swedish major orchestras, but also abroad. She has been house composer with the Swedish National Radio (P2) and the Västerås Sinfonietta and she was "Composer of the Spring" the the concert hall Berwaldhallen. In 2018 she was awarded a Grammy in the category best classical recording. Tarrodi is currently house composer with the Nordic Chamber Orchestra Nordiska Kammarorkestern). Sigrid H. is her first opera, inspired by Sigrid Hjertén – a beloved Swedish artist whose colorful paintings never cease to amaze us.
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
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
Richard Wagner's
DIE WALKÜRE – act 2
Brünnhilde defies Wotan...
Act 2. The god of gods, Wotan, orders his daughter the Valkyrie Brünnhilde to defend Siegmund in the upcoming battle against Hunding. But Fricka, Wotan's wife, won't have it. She wants Wotan to step in, in favor of the marriage of Hunding and Sieglinde. Wotan quickly dispatches a new order to Brünnhilde. She is shocked to find out she is now to help Hunding in battle. Brünnhilde approaches Siegmund in a vision and divulges his imminent death. Siegmund threatens to take both his and Sieglinde's life. Brünnhilde is torn, but opts for helping Siegmund - defying her father Wotan. But Wotan will not have it, he takes to arms and Siegmund falls. Brünnhilde escapes with Sieglinde. Wotan kills Hunding.
Running time 1 hrs 30 mins
Richard Wagner's
DIE WALKÜRE – act 3
Wotan gets his revenge on Brünnhilde
Act 3. Brünnhilde's warrior sisters find out about her narrow escape from the furious Wotan - but they dare not protect her. Sieglinde is pregnant and Brünnhilde informs her it is the child of her very own brother, Siegmund. Terrified, Sieglinde hides in the forest. Wotan catches up with Brünnhilde and he condemns her to mortality. He also instructs that she will be the bounty of the man who finds her. She asks him to have a ring of fire inclosing her - a ring only the bravest of heros can get through. They both forebode that this hero will no less than the child Sieglinde is expecting. The god of fire, Loge, lets the flames encompass Brünnhilde while Wotan looks on, plaintive.
Running time 1 hrs 9 mins.
Cast
MUSIC Richard Wagner
LIBRETTO Richard Wagner
SIEGMUND Michael Weinius
HUNDING Lennart Forsén
WOTAN Johan Edholm
SIEGLINDE Cornelia Beskow
BRÜNNHILDE Nina Stemme
FRICKA Katarina Dalayman
HELMWIGE Sara Olsson
GERHILDE Susanna Stern
ORTLINDE Angela Rotondo
WALTRAUTE Marie-Louise Granström
SIEGRUNE Monika Mannerström Skog
ROSSWEISE Johanna Rudström
GRIMGERDE Kristina Martling
SCHWERTLEITE Katarina Leoson
CONDUCTOR Marko Letonja
THE ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA
TRANSLATION Lasse Zilliacus
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