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
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 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.