Sweden Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Dalasinfoniettan & Chorus, Bounce Streetdance Company, Daniel Blendulf (conductor). Dalhalla 13.8.2016. (GF)
(c) Martin Hellström
Anna Larsson’s First Carmen Impresses at Dalhalla
(c) Martin Hellström
Göran Forsling
(c) Martin Hellström
Carmen with a Twist: a Tremendous Success!
Sweden Bizet, Uggle-Carin: Soloists, chorus, dancers, fiddlers, instrumentalists, Jonas Dominique (conductor). Dala-Floda Opera Festival, Dala-Floda, Dalecarlia, Sweden. 10.8.2016 (premiere). (GF)
A Flying Dutchman not to be missed
Sweden Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Opera på Skäret Chorus, Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Michael Balke (conductor). Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, Sweden, 30.7.2016. (GF)
(c) Andreas Hylthén.
Coco Chanel a smash hit at Vattnäs
Sweden Various composers, Coco Chanel – a performance about a woman who changed the world of fashion: Soloists, Vattnäs Chamber Orchestra, Fredrik Burstedt (conductor). Vattnäs Concert Barn, Mora 6.7.2016. (premiere) (GF)
Boublil and Schönberg’s Les Misérables in Karlstad
Sweden Schönberg: Les Misérables, Soloists, ensemble and orchestra of Wermland Opera, David White (musical director). Wermland Opera, Karlstad, 3.7.2016 (GF)
Technocratic Pelléas Shuns the Magic
Sweden Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera, Franck Ollu (conductor). Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm. 10.4.2016 (GF)
Left to right: Anders Lorentzson (Arkel), Kerstin Avemo (Mélisande), Fredrik Zetterström (Golaud)
Standing Ovations Greet Wermland Opera’s Die tote Stadt
Sweden Korngold, Die tote Stadt:. Soloists, Wermland Opera Orchestra, Johannes Gustavsson (conductor). Wermland Opera, Karlstad, 27 February 2016 (Premiere). (GF)
Daniel Börtz’s Medea Contradicts Opera is Dying
Sweden Börtz, Medea: Soloists, Female Voices from the Royal Opera Chorus and The Royal Opera Orchestra, Patrik Ringborg (conductor). Royal Stockholm Opera 29.1.2016. (GF)
(c) Carl Thorborg