A surreal dance performance about desire and a large-scale opera version of Verdi's “Requiem” will inaugurate the Royal Swedish Opera's new stage in Norra Djurgårdsstaden. The opera also hopes to attract new audiences. “We are raising the bar,” says Fredrik Lindgren, the opera's CEO.
EntertainmentComposer Maria Lithell Flyg has died after a period of illness, Sveriges Radio's Kulturnytt reports.
EntertainmentNext year, Ferdinand Boberg's old gasometer in Stockholm will become a cultural venue. The inaugural performances at the Gasometer will be created by Jacob Mühlrad and Alexander Wessely.
EntertainmentOpera singer Daniel Johansson was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Opera Prize for his role as Calàf in "Turandot" at the Royal Swedish Opera earlier this year.
MusicJonas Hassen Khemiri is making his debut as an opera librettist for a work that is currently in the planning stage, according to composer Emmy Lindström on Swedish Radio P2's Musikrevyn.
MusicThe Royal Swedish Opera is bidding farewell to the old opera house with a newly launched concert. There will be many "opera bangers," says composer Jacob Mühlrad, who has rearranged his own pieces.
MusicHe is known for "Con Air", "Of Mice and Men" and "Being John Malkovich". The legendary actor John Malkovich is visiting Sweden with a performance that mixes literature, classical music and theater.
MusicThe transformation of Stockholm's historic gas clock into a new concert venue and temporary home for the Royal Swedish Opera is almost complete. The space can create new encounters for audiences, says the Royal Swedish Opera's CEO, Fredrik Lindgren.
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