drottningholms slottsteater 2014 English

Opera! Esprit! Concerts! Guided tours! For young ones! Bar and picnic! WELCOME!

Drottningholms Slottsteater invites you to a new and exciting season full of riches. Our wonderful theatre is absolutely unique in the world and has a story all of its own. Here, between stage and auditorium, new and different emotions are born every evening. Maestro Mozart, constantly fascinating as a composer and storyteller, is the source of our inspiration for this summer’s programme. Artistic brilliance and a will to communicate with his audience are strong ingredients both among Mozart’s talents and this summer’s productions. We wish to inspire you, our audience, to discover new works and encounter the kind of artistic expression which calls forth emotions, tells important stories. We are proud to present Mozart’s Mitridate, now fully staged in Sweden for the very first time, here with a fantastic star-studded ensemble including Miah Persson in one of the leading roles. An internationally strong artistic team, led by director Francisco Negrin, will create an elegant, different and beautiful performance. The story of the fall of a dictatorial empire and the start of a new era, hopeful of possible reconciliation and budding true love, contains several of the most marvellous arias in the history of opera. This season’s Artist in Residence, David Stern, leads the Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra, and apart from conducting Mitridate he will be leading our Gala Concert with wonderful soloist Ann Hallenberg. Mozart’s opera Idomeneo will be the other work this summer, with a big production in tandem with the Royal Swedish Opera. The Royal Opera Orchestra will be conducted by Lawrence Renes, and Malin Byström sings the role of Elettra in a grand and dramatic story, directed by Tobias Theorell. Within the framework of Esprit! we are including a production by director Philip Zandén with Loa Falkman and Sofie Asplund declaring their love for the magic of the theatre to music by Mozart, Rameau and Kraus, together with the Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra under Maria Lindal, the theatre’s new musical leader. You can read about the Esprit! programme as a whole on www.dtm.se. Come and enjoy a picnic in the palace park at Drottningholm, have a drink in the Déjeuner Salon Bar, listen to interesting discussions and introductory talks, and prepare your senses for the evening’s performance.

We extend you a warm welcome!

Sofi Lerström, Artistic and Managing Director OPERA! MITRIDATE, RE DI PONTO CONDUCTOR DAVID STERN DIRECTOR FRANCISCO NEGRIN Opera seria in three acts by COSTUMES AND DESIGN LOUIS DÉSIRÉ WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART LIGHTING DESIGNER BRUNO POET Libretto VITTORIO AMADEO CIGNA-SANTI CAST PETER LODAHL, MIAH PERSSON, The action in Mitridate takes place in between , RAFFAELLA an imagined and a real death. It is about the fall MILANESI, INGELA BOHLIN, ELISABETH of an empire at its last gasp and an ageing ruler MEYER, ANDERS J DAHLIN unwilling to face his declining years. It is also, however, an opera about liberating oneself from THE DROTTNINGHOLM THEATRE ORCHESTRA a father figure and entering a new era. Mozart, In Italian who was only fourteen years old when he com- 3–16 AUGUST (SEE SCHEDULE) posed it, allows the virtuoso operatic arias to TICKETS SEK 300/475/695/995 express power, treachery, love and loyalty.

ESPRIT! LECTURES & TALKS In the Déjeuner Salon, one hour before the performance. The Déjeuner Salon Bar is open, admission free.

The young Mozart. Christoph Wolff, Professor at Harvard University, musicologist and author, talks about Mozart’s early opera works. 6 August at 18.30.

New! Post-performance talk. Meet David Stern, conductor and See the whole programme: Artist in Residence. 8 and 10 August after the performance. w w w . d t m . s e . OPERA! IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA CONDUCTOR LAWRENCE RENES Dramma per musica in three acts by DIRECTOR TOBIAS THEORELL WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART COSTUMES AND DESIGN Libretto GIAMBATTISTA VARESCO MAGDALENA ÅBERG LIGHTING DESIGNER TORBEN LENDORPH King Idomeneo returns victorious from DRAMATURG KATARINA ARONSSON the Trojan War. After years of terrible CAST JONAS DEGERFELDT, KATIJA conflict, he will at last see his beloved DRAGOJEVIC, MARIANNE HELLGREN Crete again. But Neptune, god of the STAYKOV, MALIN BYSTRÖM, KLAS HEDLUND, sea, brings about a terrible storm and, DANIEL RALPHSSON, JOHN ERIK ELEBY engulfed in the depths, Idomeneo promises to sacrifice the first person THE ROYAL OPERA CHORUS he meets to the god – if he can keep his life in return. Neptune is appeased. ROYAL OPERA ORCHESTRA The storm abates. Idomeneo reaches A co-production with the Royal Swedish Opera the beach unscathed and meets a young man – Idamante, his own son. In Italian Idomeneo now has to find a way to 6–20 SEPTEMBER (SEE SCHEDULE) break his promise. But gods are not so easily eluded. TICKETS SEK 300/475/695/995 Esprit!

ESPRIT! aims to deepen knowledge through entertaining events, divertisse- ments, and concerts, as well as seminars, pre-performance talks and discussions. LOA FALKMAN SOFIE ASPLUND

2014 GRAND OPENING! LOA AT DROTTNINGHOLM ESPRIT! Come and celebrate the start of the season ESPRIT! A playful musical production showing the and the Swedish National Day. We are offering an af- magic of Drottningholm Theatre, with Loa Falkman, ternoon programme with orchestra concerts, solo- one of Sweden’s best-loved artists, in the main role. ists, and a taste of forthcoming events. Activities for We have selected words and music from the period children, as face painting and pottering. Horse and reflecting this age and giving us the opportunity to carriage in the park and guided tours of the theatre. allow scene changes, magic entries and things full We will be opening up the doors of the Déjeuner of secrecy to surprise and delight our audience. Salon into the park so that you can enjoy the music Arias and duets from Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, sitting in the grass as well as in the theatre. Snacks and will alternate with or- in the Déjeuner Salon. chestral music by J M Kraus and J-P Rameau.

COME AND MEET LOA FALKMAN, PHILIP ZANDÉN, LOA FALKMAN, BARITONE ELISABETH MEYER, THE DROTTNINGHOLM SOFIE ASPLUND, SOPRANO THEATRE ORCHESTRA. HOSTS SOFI LERSTRÖM, ARTISTIC AND MANAGING DIRECTOR PHILIP ZANDÉN DIRECTOR AND MARIA LINDAL, MUSICAL LEADER. THE DROTTNINGHOLM THEATRE ORCHESTRA UNDER MARIA LINDAL 6 JUNE 14.00–17.00, ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN With support from the Friends of Drottningholms AND GUIDED TOURS FROM 11.00. Slottsteater via the Henrik Nordmark Foundation.

Join the National Day parade through the park! 7 JUNE AT 19.30, 8 JUNE AT 16.00, 12, 14 JUNE Leaves at 12.50 from the theatre court yard and AT 19.30, 15 JUNE AT 16.00 ends up at the Chinese pavilion where there will be TICKETS SEK 495/695 a concert. The parade returns at 14.45. On Saturday, 7 June and Saturday, 14 June, at MIAH PERSSON 18.00, a Piatto Primavera will be served in the Déjeuner Salon Bar, an early summer selection of the season’s tastiest morsels, including a glass of wine/non-alcoholic and coffee/tea. Order this together with tickets in your chosen price range, SEK 795/995. Please note that there are a limited number of places.

On Thursday, 12 June, at 18.30, there will be an Introduction to Champagne in the Déjeuner Salon Bar, in tandem with Hatt et Söner. Order a glass of champagne/alcohol free drink in advance together with tickets in your chosen price range, SEK 595/795. GALA CONCERT WITH ANN HALLENBERG ESPRIT! An entire evening of music. Mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg is seldom heard on the Swedish stage but has had a long and intensive international career. Her cd, Hidden Handel, recently won the prize for the best operatic recital in the International Opera Awards 2014 – something like an Oscar, but in classical music!

TONIGHT'S CONCERT INCLUDES MUSIC BY W A MOZART AND J HAYDN IN AN EXQUISITE SETTING TOGETHER WITH THE DROTTNINGHOLM THEATRE ORCHESTRA. CONDUCTOR DAVID STERN, THIS YEAR’S ARTIST IN RESIDENCE. FOR THE

15 AUGUST AT 19.30 WHOLE FAMILY PRE-CONCERT TALK WITH DAVID STERN IN THE DÉJEUNER SALON AT 18.30 SLEEPING BEAUTY TICKETS SEK 395/595 ESPRIT! A puppet show in the Déjeuner Salon What better place for a fairy story about a princess ANN HALLENBERG and her christening than Drottningholm? In this performance the children will be able to meet big, fine puppets, sing songs and recite rhymes and verses. The performance is pitched at children from 3 years old. Length approximately 40 minutes. In Swedish.

PUPPETS, NEW SONGS, IDEAS AND MANUSCRIPT AGNETA MALMÉN DANIELSSON

25 MAY AT 11.00 AND AT 13.00, 29 MAY AT 11.00 AND AT 13.00 PERFORMED IN THE DÉJEUNER SALON. TICKETS SEK 60.

FOLLOW IN PRINCE TAKE THE BOAT TO GUSTAV’S FOOTSTEPS DROTTNINGHOLM! ESPRIT! A guided tour for children (from age 5) The most beautiful way to travel to Drottningholm starting with getting dressed up in an 18th century is by steamship along Lake Mälaren’s leafy shores. costume! Mainly in Swedish, but as a parent you Several tours from City Hall daily. For may translate together with the multi-lingual guide. the evening performances of Mitridate and Idome- SUNDAYS AT 14.00 (EXCEPT 8 JUNE AND 15 JUNE) neo, we offer, in collaboration with Strömma, a AND DAILY 16 JUNE–1 AUGUST AT 14.00. package with boat trip at 18.00, a two-meal dinner on board, the opera performance, and bus TICKETS IN THE THEATRE SHOP. SEK 20 FOR back to Stockholm. Book at www.stromma.se. CHILDREN, SEK 80 FOR ADULTS. GUIDED TOURS

JOIN A GUIDED TOUR! Follow our multi-lingual guides on a theatre tour that will take you into the auditorium where the magic of the stage and the splendid decorations will almost come to live. You will hear the sound of the thunder box and the wind machine or ex- perience an aria and a famous orchestra piece, if there are rehearsals! A visit to Drottningholms Slottsteater will convey impressions of theatre THE THEATRICALISED life in the 18th century and give a better under- AUDITORIUM standing of our living cultural heritage. ESPRIT! A guided tour of trompe l’oeil decor in the auditorium of Drottningholm Theatre. The theatre is open for guided tours daily Trompe l’oeil is the French expression for ”decei- May–September 11–16.30; Friday–Sunday in ving the eye”. This technique, which has been April and October; and Saturday–Sunday Novem- used in western art since classical times, builds ber–14 December 12-15.30. Guided tours in on visual illusion as an expression of the desire English every hour on the hour. French, German, to remove the boundary between fiction and Italian and Russian in high season. A tour lasts reality. Art historian Anna Lindmark takes us 30 minutes and as a complement to the tour you into this magic salon and tells us what this are welcome to the Theatre Shop to watch a decor means for our experience of such a space. short film on the unique stage machinery. In Swedish. Groups can book a tour all year around. Tel. +46 8 759 04 06 or [email protected]. 1 June at 14.00, 15 August at 15.00, Tickets in the Theatre Shop. 13 September at 14.00, 27 September at 14.00 SEK 250 A tour before you attend the performance? Before the evening opera performances we offer an extended guided tour of the theatre building. THE BACKSTAGE TOUR The tour starts at 16.30 and lasts approx. 45 ESPRIT! Join technical manager Christer Nilsson minutes. In English and Swedish (you sign up for on an exciting tour back stage, where we will the language you prefer). Book together with have a look at the fascinating stage machinery. performance ticket or in the Theatre Shop. The machinery is all wood and ropes, operated by 20 stage hands, and has moving waves, WALLPAPERS trapdoors and a thunder box. In English. ESPRIT! Nowhere in Sweden are there so many 10 August at 11.00, 16 August at 11.00, wallpapers preserved from the eighteenth century 14 September at 11.00 SEK 250 as at Drottningholms Slottsteater. Come with us on a guided tour with art historian Anke von der Heyde, through Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt’s suite, BERGMAN AND the primadonna’s dressing room and the museum dressing rooms, where the theatre has its unique collection of eighteenth century wallpapers. ESPRIT! Ingmar Bergman’s film version of the These have recently been cleaned and given famous Mozart opera was set in a mock-up conservation treatment. In Swedish. version of the Drottningholm theatre. Join theatre historian Péter Balás on a guided tour 16 May at 11.00, 4 June at 11.00, 30 August at and learn more about the exciting project. 11.00, 26 September at 11.00. SEK 250 In English. More info: www.dtm.se SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES

25 MAY 11.00 ESPRIT! SLEEPING BEAUTY – PUPPET SHOW 25 MAY 13.00 ESPRIT! SLEEPING BEAUTY – PUPPET SHOW 29 MAY 11.00 ESPRIT! SLEEPING BEAUTY – PUPPET SHOW Info! 29 MAY 13.00 ESPRIT! SLEEPING BEAUTY – PUPPET SHOW Drottningholms Slottsteater, the Court Theatre at the World Heritage Drottningholm, dates from 1766 and 6 JUNE 14.00-17.00 ESPRIT! 2014 GRAND OPENING is a unique building. The theatre is the only 18th 7 JUNE 19.30 ESPRIT! LOA AT DROTTNINGHOLM century theatre in the world with its original stage 8 JUNE 16.00 ESPRIT! LOA AT DROTTNINGHOLM machinery still in use. We perform opera, and give 12 JUNE 19.30 ESPRIT! LOA AT DROTTNINGHOLM family performances, concerts and guided tours, always with a touch of the 18th century. Drottning- 14 JUNE 19.30 ESPRIT! LOA AT DROTTNINGHOLM holms Slottsteater is a national institution with 15 JUNE 16.00 ESPRIT! LOA AT DROTTNINGHOLM assignment and grant from the Swedish government.

3 AUGUST 15.00 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK 3 AUGUST 16.00 MITRIDATE PREMIÈRE TICKETS 6 AUGUST 18.30 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK Tickets to performances and special guided tours are easily booked online at www.ticnet.se or by phone 6 AUGUST 19.30 MITRIDATE (Ticnet Callcenter) +46 77 170 70 70. Choose 8 AUGUST 18.30 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK ”TicketFast” to get your e-ticket after payment by 8 AUGUST 19.30 MITRIDATE credit card. If you want tickets for a group (minimum 8 AUGUST ESPRIT! POST-PERFORMANCE TALK 15 tickets), please send a request to [email protected]. 10 AUGUST 15.00 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK Already in Stockholm? Buy tickets at Stockholm 10 AUGUST 16.00 MITRIDATE Visitor Center at Sergels Torg or in the Theatre Shop, 10 AUGUST ESPRIT! POST-PERFORMANCE TALK Drottningholm. 12 AUGUST 18.30 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK 12 AUGUST 19.30 MITRIDATE THE THEATRE SHOP 14 AUGUST 18.30 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK In the Theatre Shop there are plenty of gifts and sou- 14 AUGUST 19.30 MITRIDATE venirs for all ages and at different prices. Here you 15 AUGUST 18.30 ESPRIT! PRE-CONCERT TALK can get tickets for guided tours and performances. 15 AUGUST 19.30 ESPRIT! GALA CONCERT You can also pre-book interval drinks, get the perfor- WITH ANN HALLENBERG mance programme, and watch a short film about the 16 AUGUST 15.00 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK theatre’s stage machinery. The shop is open whenever 16 AUGUST 16.00 MITRIDATE there are guided tours, performances and events. Contact: Tel. +46 8 759 04 06 or [email protected]

6 SEPTEMBER 15.00 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK 6 SEPTEMBER 16.00 IDOMENEO PREMIÈRE THE DÉJUNER SALON BAR 8 SEPTEMBER 18.30 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK The Déjeuner Salon Bar opens 1,5 hours before the 8 SEPTEMBER 19.30 IDOMENEO performance and during intervals. We serve coffee/ 10 SEPTEMBER 18.30 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK tea, snacks, wine, champagne and soft drinks. You can pre-order a picnic when you book your perfor- 10 SEPTEMBER 19.30 IDOMENEO mance tickets, and pick it up here! 12 SEPTEMBER 18.30 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK 12 SEPTEMBER 19.30 IDOMENEO More information on the theatre, performances and 14 SEPTEMBER 15.00 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK guided tours on www.dtm.se 14 SEPTEMBER 16.00 IDOMENEO 16 SEPTEMBER 18.30 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK THE FRIENDS 16 SEPTEMBER 19.30 IDOMENEO Welcome to The Friends of Drottningholms Slotts- 18 SEPTEMBER 18.30 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK teater! Lots of benefits for members. Please contact 18 SEPTEMBER 19.30 IDOMENEO [email protected] for more 20 SEPTEMBER 15.00 ESPRIT! PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK information and subscriptions. During the summer subscriptions can be paid in the theatre shop at 20 SEPTEMBER 16.00 IDOMENEO Drottningholm.