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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 CHRISTOPHE DUMAUX, 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 The Marriage of Figaro 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 Stockholm 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.