Nina Stemme

The world's second-oldest orchestra celebrates 500 years

In 1526, Gustav Vasa began to warm up to the royal court and put a group of “pipe players and trumpeters” on the court payroll. Now the Royal Court Orchestra is celebrating 500 years as an orchestra. It is amazing to think this has been a constant since then, says court conductor Alan Gilbert.

Birgit Nilsson Prize Awards $1 Million to Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

The Birgit Nilsson Prize goes this year to the opera festival Festival d'Aix-en-Provence whose artistic leader Pierre Audi suddenly passed away before he could receive it. He was a great visionary and we have much to thank him for, says the festival's artistic advisor Timothée Picard.

Ulf Elfving Knighted with Royal Order of Vasa for Journalism Contributions

The actor Marie Göranzon Malmsjö and the opera singer Nina Stemme are also among the 20 who are awarded the Royal Order of Chivalry this year, announces the Royal Palace.

Nina Stemme in Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde"