Kungliga Operans

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.

The Culture Year 2024 – Poetry, Canon, and Crisis

Bruno K Öijer fans experienced ecstasy at the same time as the young poets stepped forward. But the cultural year 2024 was marked by economic crisis and the debate about a Swedish cultural canon that dragged on.

Proposal to scrap criticized model welcomed

Cultural institutions are cautiously positive about the proposal to abolish the criticized cost-rent model – but emphasize that the government must compensate for the rent increase. It could be a really good solution, says Lisa Månsson at the Natural History Museum.

Luthando Qave receives the Opera Prize

The Culture Budget is Slagged: "Devastating Dismantling"

Scandals, cold showers, and devastating dismantling. This is how the opposition and cultural representatives describe the government's cultural budget for next year. However, the CEO of the Royal Opera, Fredrik Lindgren, is pleased.