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‘A good voice… [is a] gift… so rare there is not one among a thousand that hath it’, wrote William Byrd in 1588. This didn’t put off singers wishing to try their luck: songbooks became hugely popular around the turn of the 17th century, most notably John Dowland’s groundbreaking First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597).
This was music for performers to make their own. These works have a strongly operatic flavour, blending poetry and music to create intensely expressive drama that goes straight to the listener’s heart. Highlights include Purcell’s masterpiece In guilty night, which is held in the Academy’s Spencer Collection.

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Resounding Shores: Songs, Scenes and Dialogues

Royal Academy of Music

One of Rossini's most popular operas, known for its lively and virtuosic vocal numbers. Spring 2026 bringsNorrland Operaa touring version of the classic fairy taleCinderella, which here becomes a twisted comedy with nods to our appearance-obsessed contemporary world.

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Johan Ulfsparre

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 17 - Feb 13, 2026

Cinderella · Norrlandsoperan

Past events

Jun 30, 2024

Resounding Shores: Songs, Scenes and Dialogues · Royal Academy of Music

Future and recently performed repertoire

Alidoro in Cinderella by Rossini

Norrlandsoperan

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