Drottningholms Slottsteater Tickets

Drottningholms Slottsteater 2009

We are offering Drottningholms Slottsteater tickets in 2009
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Sat 30 May	16:00	Ariodante (Premiere)
Tue 2 June	19:30	Ariodante
Thu 4 June	19:30	Ariodante
Fri 5 June	19:30	Ariodante
Sun 7 June	16:00	Ariodante
Tue 9 June	19.30	Ariodante
Thu 11 June	19:30	Ariodante
Sat 13 June	16:00	Ariodante
Sun14 June	16:00	Ariodante
Sat 25 July	16:00	L'incoronazione di Poppea (Premiere)
Wed 29 July	19:30	L'incoronazione di Poppea
Fri 31 July	19:30	L'incoronazione di Poppea
Sun 2 Aug	16:00	L'incoronazione di Poppea
Tue 4 Aug	19:30	L'incoronazione di Poppea
Thu 6 Aug	19:30	L'incoronazione di Poppea
Sat 8 Aug	19:25	L'incoronazione di Poppea
Fri 21 Aug	19:30	Orlando (Guest Performance)
Sat 22 Aug	16:00	Orlando
Sun 23 Aug	16:00	Orlando

Opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel

Libretto: after Antonio Salvi
In Italian. Duration preliminary 2 hrs and 45 min incl. interval.

The King of Scotland is tottering on his throne, and power-hungry men scheme for supremacy. While the crusaders mobilise for new wars, women with no rights of their own are fighting for their survival and happiness. Out of chaos black as night a new era is dawning. But what can we hope for?

Conductor - Mark Tatlow
Director - Per-Erik Ohrn
Costumes - Lotta Danfors
Choreographer and movement - Patrik Sorling

The cast:
The King of Scotland - Andreas Franzen
Ginevra, his daughter - Elisabeth Meyer
Dalinda, her lady-in-waiting - Mathilda Ahnell
Ariodante, crusader knight - Ivonne Fuchs
Lurcanio, his younger brother - Jacob Wistrand
Polinesso, a Scottish duke - Jeanette Ekornasvag
Odoardo, the king's favourite - Luthando Qave

Squire-at-Arms - Alexander Kaufmann, Tobias Norenstedt, Erik Hoiby

The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra


Opera in prologue and three acts by Claudio Monteverdi

Libretto: Giovanni Francesco Busanello
In Italian. Duration preliminary 2 hrs and 40 min incl interval.

The people, the senate, the laws of the land ¨C Emperor Nero no longer cares. He is the boss and he does as he likes. Soon his mistress Poppaea will have half of his power and all of his glory. But first there are a couple of problems to deal with: his old wife must be got rid of, and also his counsellors, as well as everyone else who is against their passion. Blood flows in the streets of Rome and soon even the heavens will be red, when the flames devour the city. Of this Nero is happily unaware as he sleeps head down in the exquisite bosom of Poppaea. Here is an opera without any morals, where no-one dares divulge that the emperor is actually naked. For then perhaps one's head (or the year's bonus) will vanish into the lion's jaws.

Musical direction - Mark Tatlow
Director - Johanna Garpe
Costumes - Karin Erskine
Lighting designer - Torsten Dahn

Cast:
Poppea/Pallas Athene - Ingela Bohlin
Nerone - Charlotte Hellekant
Ottavia/Famigliaro 1/Venere - Matilda Paulsson
Ottone - Christopher Ainslie
Seneca/Consolo - Lars Arvidson
Drusilla - Malin Christensson
La Virt¨´/Arnalta - Rickard Soderbergh
Soldato 1/Famigliaro 2/Lucano/Tribuno - Thomas Walker
Soldato 2/Famigliaro 3/Liberto capitano/Consolo - Lars Johansson Brissman
La Fortuna/Nutrice - Johan Christensson
Amore - Daniel Carlsson

The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra


Opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel

Libretto: Carlo Sigismondo Capece after Ariosto

From the days of Charlemagne comes the tale of Orlando, a brave knight who pursued the beautiful princess Angelica. But love turns to jealousy, manipulation and madness. Will the truth be found in Hades? Can Zoroastro with his four genies really save Orlando? And why does this magical romantic tale have so much comedy?

Conductor - Nicholas McGegan
Director and choreographer - Catherine Turocy
Costumes - Bonnie Kruger
Lighting Designer - Pierre Dupouey

The cast:
Orlando - William Towers
Angelica, Queen of Cathay - Dominique Labelle
Medoro, an African prince - Diana Moore
Dorinda, a shepherdess - Susanne Ryden
Zoroastro, a magician - Wolf Matthias Friedrich

The New York Baroque Dance Company
FestspielOrchester Gottingen

Guest performance from the Internationale Handel-Festspiele Gottingen
With support from Foreningen Drottningholmsteaterns Vanner

The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra

The auditorium has steeply raked stalls, and all the seats are padded with support for one's back

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Drottningholms Slottsteater was built to the design of the theatre architect, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, at the request of Queen Lovisa Ulrika. The building was completed in 1766 and rests on the remains of an earlier theatre destroyed by fire in 1762.

Drottningholms Slottsteater is built in simple materials. The decorations of the auditorium have been carried out as a theatrical game with stucco, papier mâché and paintings. The rooms surrounding the stage and auditorium acted during the 18th century as dwellings for the staff and as public rooms. In 1791 certain rearrangements of the royal apartments were made and a foyer, the Déjeuner Salon, was built to the design of L. J. Desprez.

The stage measures 20 metres from the footlights to the back and is still one of the deepest in Sweden. The stage machinery, constructed by the Italian mechanic D. Stopani, allows of quick changes of scenery with the curtain up. In addition, the stage has moving waves, trapdoors, cloud cars, lighting machinery and wind and thunder apparatus.

After Gustaf III's death in 1792 Swedish theatrical life stagnated. Drottningholms Slottsteater was more or less forgotten. At the beginning of the 1920's the court theatre was "rediscovered" by the literary and theatre historian Agne Beijer. Under his guidance the theatre was restored to its original shape. The stage machinery was fitted with new ropes and the wax candles were replaced by electric lamps. The unique collection of original scenery (about 15 complete sets and 20 incomplete) has nowadays been copied.

On 19th August 1922 the curtain rose again at Drottningholms Slottsteater. The performances, few at first, were gradually increased, and the theatre aquired a growing international reputation as a festival theatre, with works by Haydn, Handel, Gluck and Mozart. There have been innumerable performances by artists and companies from abroad. Drottningholm ballets soon became a criterion for reconstructed ballets from the 18th century. Music played on authentic instruments has been one of the theatre's aims.

Drottningholms Slottsteater is administrated by Stiftelsen Drottningholms teatermusem. Performances are financed with contributions from the Swedish State and sponsors and also annually recieve financial support from Besides the theatre's own productions the Royal Opera, Stockholm, gives guest perfromances each year.

In 1991 the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO designated the theatre, together with Drottningholm Palace, the Chinese Pavilion and the surrounding park, as beeing of international cultural heritage significance and listed on the UNESCO's list of world heritage.

We are offering Drottningholms Slottsteater tickets in 2009
For more information about Drottningholms Slottsteater, please contact one of our consultants