Malmö Opera and Cirkus Cirkör present the new opera Circus Days and Nights by composer Philip Glass, based on the collection of poems by American poet Robert Lax. Libretto by Tilde Björfors, the artistic director of Cirkus Cirkör, and David Henry Hwang.
The opera is a co-production by Cirkus Cirkör and Malmö Opera. The world premiere takes place at Malmö Opera on May 29 and the premiere will be livestreamed from Malmö Opera's website with further performances until June 13.
Elin Rombo sings the role of Lax F, the poet as a young man, Anton Ljungqvist sings the role of Lax M, the old poet and Susanna Stern appears as Julia Pastrana, a circus artist.
Malin Byström will be a guest at the Bolshoi Theatre where she sings two performances in the title role of Strauss' Salome, on May 20 and 22. The production is staged by Claus Guth and conducted by the Bolshoi Theatre music director and chief conductor Tugan Sokhiev.
Malin Byström has this season made her Wiener Staatsoper debut with the role of Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlos. Malin has also performed the title role of Tosca in a semi-staged concert version at Deutsche Oper in Berlin and she returned to the role this spring for a filmed concert version of Tosca at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
Peter Mattei is a guest at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam performing Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. The concert is recorded with the Concertgebouw Orchestra led by Fabio Luisi and the song cycle is paired with Mahler's Symphony no 5.
The concert is part of Concertgebouw's Mahler festival and was also planned for several concerts in Germany. The concert is instead recorded and will be broadcasted on May 16 on NPO2 (Dutch public television) at 22.40h. On 28 May 20h00 the concert will be streamed through the Concertgebouw website, and on their YouTube and Facebook channels.
The Royal Swedish Opera presents a streamed concert version of Puccini's Tosca. The recording was made in February 2021 is based on the 2004 staged production of Tosca that was to be played this spring in Stockholm.
In the role of Floria Tosca we hear Malin Byström and as Mario Cavaradossi we hear Daniel Johansson. Jeremy Carpenter sings Angelotti, A sacristan is sung by Markus Schwartz and John Erik Eleby appears in the role of Sciarrone.
Tosca can be seen on Operavision from May 7 until November 7 november 2021.
Peter Mattei is a guest at Konserthuset Stockholm where he performs songs by Mahler together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Manfred Honeck. The concert is live streamed from Konserthuset Play Thursday April 29 april at 12:15 (CEST).
Peter Mattei has earlier thuis month performed Mozart arias togerther with Danish National Symphony Orchestra led by Christoph Eschenbach, a concert that was live broadcasted in Danish Radio on April 22.
The Royal Swedish Ballet presents a commissioned piecen for 12 male dancers, Sonatra, choreographed by Joseph Sturdy. Sonatra is performed to a piano composition by Michael Gordon, recorded by Bengt-Åke Lundin, and a piece by Jane Antonia Cornish.
"Joseph Sturdy has created energetic formations wrapped in an abstract language. The 20 minutes piece is based on each of the 12 male dancers, where the bodies are allowed to speak for themselves. In contrast to the static and isolated life we all live in during the ongoing pandemic, Sonatra creates a constant expansive movement.
Sonatra can be viewed from the Royal Swedish Opera streaming service Kungliga Opera Play until June 12, 2021.
The Göteborg Opera presents a Chamber Concert on April 17. Soprano Kerstin Avemo and pianist Rut Pergament perform Arnold Schönberg's cabaret songs Brettl-Lieder, composed in the early 1900s.
The concert is streamed on April 17 and can be viewed at GO Film until May 1 2021.
Kerstin Avemo has the autumn of 2020 been a guest at the Staatsoper Hamburg where she won acclaim for her interpretation of Elle in La voix humaine. Kerstin Avemo is since the season of 2018-2019 an ambassador for the Göteborg Opera where she has been seen in roles like Juliette in Martinů’s Trois fragments de Juliette, Elle in La voix humaine and Mimì in La Bohème.
The medal Litteris et Artibus is each year awarded by HM King Carl XVI Gustaf for outstanding service to the arts, especially to music, dramatic art and literature.
Tenor Daniel Johansson was awarded on awarded the medal Litteris et Artibus with the motivation "For outstanding artistic contributions as an opera singer".
Daniel Johansson has been a guest at opera houses such as Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, San Fransisco Opera and Bregenzer Festspiele. This autumn he sang his first Tristan in Tristan i Isolde at the opera house in Essen. Daniel has appeared in several roles at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm Don José i Carmen, Cavaradossi i Tosca och Rodolfo i La Bohéme.
In 2018 Daniel Johansson was appointed Court Singer by H.M. The King of Sweden.