Our operas
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The Sun and the Northern Star
Opéra-ballet pour Louis XIV et Charles XII
Performed 20 July–8 August 2018 in Vadsten Castle, Wedding Hall
Opéra-ballet in two acts, inspired by the tribute initiated by Nicodemus Tessin jr. to celebrate Karl XII’s victory at Narva. The performance was originally created together with a French theatre troop imported to Stockholm by the king himself.
It was a night to celebrate the Sun, king Ludvig XIV, and the Northern star, king Karl XII, with music by Anders Düben, Jean Desfontaines and Jean Baptiste Lully, main performance: the Narva ballet.
Dancers, singers and instrumentalists led by Dan Laurin, directed and choreographed by Karin Modigh. Costume design and scenography
by Anna Kjellsdotter, concert master Francesco D`Orazio.
Composers: Anders Düben, Jean Desfontaines, Jean Baptiste Lully. Librettists: Charles Louis Sevigny, Nicodemus Tessin and Molière. Translation: Ture Rangström.
Riddartornet
Performed July 5, 6 and 8 2018 at Vadstena Old Theatre.
Riddartornet is a newly compsoed chamber opera based on E.J. Stagnelius play with the same name. It was a co-production with
Musik- och Operahögskolan at Mälardalens Högskola and Västmanlands Theatre. Singers and instrumentalists were students at Mälardalens Högskola.
Music by: Carl Unander-Sharin
Libretto: Magnus Florin
Director: Nils Spangenberg
Artistic Director - Lena Hellström – Färnlöf
Conductor: Joachim Gustafsson
Scenography and costume design: Johan Glaumann
Costume manufacturer: Erika Dillner Engström
Singers
Amelie Flink, Rebecca Hellbom, Frida Bergquist, Viktor Johansson,
Samuel Sassersson, Marcus Bartoletti, Alba Gutierrez Malmbom, Karin Mobacke, Gwendolin Holmes, Lisa Mazzeo, Natalie Almkvist, Sara Bäck, Ludvig Lundin, Andreas Wagner and Simon Estemark
Instrumentalists
Rebecca Hillerud, Ida Mazaheri, Björn Stensen, Johanna Niederbacher, Belinda Allgulander, Marte Skovly, Ludvig Bramstång,
Anders Riber Marklund, Sally Karlberg, Andreas Nyström and
Sanna Johansson
Foto: Jonas Bilberg