Malin Byström sings Tosca in a concert version of the opera at Deutsche Oper in Berlin, conducted by Nicholas Milton. This winter Malin Byström returns to the role of Tosca, this time on the stage of the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm with performances from December 13.
Malin Byström has begun this season at the Wiener Staatsoper where she has made her hoise- and role debut as Elisabeth de Valois in the French version of Verdi's Don Carlos, with one performances live streamed to viewers all across the world.
Malin Byström has this spring appeared in a livestreamad and Swedish Television broadcasted concert with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and she sung Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni in the worldwide live streamed production from Berwaldhallen in Stockholm with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, led by Daniel Harding.
The Royal Swedish Opera presents a revival of their production of Rigoletto from 2018, staged by Sofia Jupither. As Gilda we hear Ida Falk Winland who made her role debut with this production in 2018. John Erik Eleby sings Sparafucile and as Maddalena we hear Katarina Leoson.
Ida Falk Winland has recently sung her first Violetta in La traviata at the Royal Swedish Opera. She has also appeared at Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro at the Göteborg Opera, where she this autumn made another role debut as Mimì in La Bohème in the Göteborg Opera live streamed concert versions.
Katarina Leoson has the previous season appeared as Carmen at the Royal Swedish Opera. John Erik Eleby will this season appear as Bartolo in Il barbiere di Seviglia, Sciarrone in Tosca och Doktor Grenvil in La traviata, all at the Royal Swedish Opera.
The Royal Swedish Opera presents Rufus Wainwright's opera Prima Donna, with Elin Rombo in the title role. In the role of her butler Philippe we hear Jeremy Carpenter. Wainwrigth's Prima Donna opens on October 10 with further performances until November 14. From November 28, the performance will be available at the Royal Swedish Opera streaming service OperanPlay, see the link below.
Elin Rombo has appeared at the Royal Swedish Opera in several roles and most recently as Cunegonde in Bernstein's Candide. This spring she participates in the world premiere of Philip Glass' opera Circus Days and Nights, a co-production of Cirkus Cirkör and Malmö Opera. Elin will also visit Valetta in Malta, where she appears as Agnès in George Benjamin's Written on Skin.
Jeremy Carpenter has the previous season appeared as Dr. Vigelius and The baron in Schreker's Der ferne Klang and as Dr. Pangloss in Candide, both at the Royal Swedish Opera. This season include Angelotti in Tosca and Germont in La traviata, on the same stage. Jeremy will also be a guest in Valetta, Malta, where he sings the role of the Protector in Written on Skin.
Staatsoper Hamburg presents Poulenc's La voix humaine, combined with Schönberg's Pierrot lunaire, with opening night on October 11. The Philharmonic State Orchestra is led by Kent Nagano and in the role of Elle in La voix humaine we hear soprano Kerstin Avemo.
Kerstin Avemo was praised for her portrait of Elle in La Voix humaine performed at the Göteborg Opera in 2019. The previous season has included her first Mimì in La Bohème in Gothenburg. Kerstin sang Gerald Barry's The Stronger with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and performed Schwanengesang D744, staged by renowned director Romeo Castellucci, at the Enniskillen International Beckett Festival and at the Stanislavsky Festival at the Yauza Palace Concert Hall in Moscow. Kerstin also visited the e Kaufman Concert Hall in New York where she sang Hosokawa’s Futari Shizuka (The Maiden from the Sea), a piece she performed at the world premiere in 2017 with the Ensemble intercontemporain at the Philharmonie de Paris and Kölner Philharmonie.
Kerstin Avemo in La voix humaine Staatsoper Hamburg - photo credit Brinkhoff/Mögenburg
Wiener Staatsoper revives their production of Verdi's Don Carlos, in the French five act version, where Malin Byström for the first time appears in the role of Elisabeth de Valois. The role debut is also Malin Byström's house debut and her first production on the Wiener Staatsoper stage, where she is joined by tenor Jonas Kauffmann who appears in the title role.
The opening night of the revival of Don Carlos is on September 27, with performances until October 11. Don Carlos will also be livestreamed from the Wiener Staatsoper website on October 4 at 17:00.
Malin Byström has this spring appeared in a livestreamad and Swedish Television broadcasted concert with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and she appeared as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni in the worldwide live streamed production from Berwaldhallen in Stockholm with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, led by Daniel Harding. This autumn will include the title role in a concert version of Tosca at Deutsche Oper in Berlin and she will this winter appear in the same role at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
Theater und Philharmonie Essen presents Tristan XS - a reduced version of Tristan und Isolde with focus on the title roles and the love story between the two. The orchestra is led by General music director Tomáš Netopil and we hear Daniel Johansson sings Tristan for the first time.
The premiere of Tristan XS is on October 2nd with further performances until December 11.
Daniel Johansson has the previous season appeared as Don José in Carmen and Fritz in Der ferne Klang, both at the Royal Swedish Opera. Daniel has also been a guest at Wiener Staatsoper where he sang Apollon/Dionysos in their production of Orest. Daniel will this winter sing Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Royal Swedish Opera.
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra opened the season with a live streamed concert, led by Andrew Manze, with 50 people in the audience in the concert hall. The concert was held on September 17 and can still be enjoyed at the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra website on their streaming site Konserthuset Play.
HRH Crown Princess Victoria was in the audience and held an introduction and opening speach. The program of the evening included Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, Swedish composer Katarina Leyman's Roller Coaster: Super 8, and Britten's Les Illuminations, the latter performed by the soprano Hanna Husáhr.
"It was wonderful to hear soprano Hanna Husáhr tackling the technically and expressively difficult role. Her mellifluous voice blended well with the string ensemble and her dialogues with concertmaster Joakim Svenheden or principal viola Vicki Powell were full of tenderness. Husáhr brought forward the oriental sonorities in Marine and the lyricism in Antique. She also displayed a remarkable legato in the final Départ." Edvard Sava-Segal Bachtrack 17 September 2020
Hanna Husáhr has appeeared at the Royal Swedish Opera as Pamina in Die Zaubelflöte and Pat Nixon in John Adams' opera Nixon in China. Hanna has this spring appeared as a soloist in the Swedish Television and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra live broadcasted coproduction of the concert Konsert direkt till dig where she sang the soprano solo of Lars-Erik Larsson's Förklädd Gud.
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, led my Manfred Honeck, opened the season with a streamed concert including Mahler's Lieder eines fahrende Gesellen, performed by Peter Mattei. The concert was live streamed on September 10 and is available at the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra's website GSOplay until December 10.
Peter Mattei has dedicated the beginning of this season to Mahler and has performed concerts of Kindertotenlieder, both with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, led by Karl-Heinz Steffens, followed by concerts with Svenska Kammarorkestern, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra led by Martin Fröst.
On Saturday June 13 the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Daniel Harding are joined by an elite cast of Swedish opera stars, including Peter Mattei and Malin Byström, for a unique, semi-staged performance of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni at Berwaldhallen. Daniel Harding is finally reunited with the orchestra for his first concerts after ten weeks of quarantine just in time for the culmination of the orchestra’s season.
The semi-staged Don Giovanni is directed by Andrew Staples, who also sings the role of Don Ottavio, with scenography by Bengt Gomér and Helle Carlsson. The performance will be broadcast live for free on Berwaldhallen Play. Find out more about Don Giovanni through the link to the Berwaldhallen website below. The performance is also available to view on Medici.tv until June 13, please see the link below.
"Staffan Becker, Berwaldhallen General Manager, commented: At a time when we need music more than ever, I am proud of what we have achieved in Berwaldhallen this Spring. The orchestra, choir and whole team adapted quickly to the situation and continued to bring live concerts to our audiences. To close our season with Don Giovanni, at a time when too many concert halls and opera houses remain dark, is a unique and extraordinary moment."
Malin Byström has, together with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra led by Stefan Solyom, recorded orchestral songs by Alban Berg, Henri Duparc and Ture Rangström. Malin's Debut solo album is released on the label Swedish Society and will be distributed by Naxos. We hear Malin Byström interpret Alban Berg's Sieben frühe Lieder and a selection of orchestral songs by Duparc och Rangström.
Malin Byström is participating in another recent record release - a live recorduing of her first Salome at De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam, with the Concertgebouw orchestra led by Daniele Gatti. In March next year, Malin will make her debut at Teatro alla Scala in the same role.
Malin Byström har under hösten framträtt i rollen som Donna Anna i Don Giovanni på Royal Opera House Covent Garden, en föreställning som även livesänts på biografer runt om i världen. I maj lägger hon ytterligare en roll till sin repertoar, då hon sjunger Minnie i Puccinis Flickan från Västern på Kungliga Operan i Stockholm.