Kick-start the year with Sveriges Radio's concert hall Berwaldhallen's festive Epiphany concert! Conductor Chloe Rooke leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Choir and the soloists Rebecka Wallroth and Joachim Bäckström in a glittering musical firework with something for all tastes! Sweden's Radio P2's Karin Birgersson and Johan Korsell are the evening's presenters.

Thirteen Day Concert 2025

SR Berwaldhallen

"How beautiful Princess Salome is tonight!". Oscar Wilde's French drama, arranged as opera text by the composer himself, was a stroke of genius of the fin de siècle, a scandal on one hand and an absolute hit on the other, both an artistic and a financial success which allowed Richard Strauss to buy his villa in Garmisch. Salome demands the head of the prophet, John the Baptist, who has rejected her, from her lustful stepfather – and bound by an oath, he cannot deny her. And so the zealous admonisher dies, and with him the princess is undone – "Kill this woman!". Krzysztof Warlikowski is convinced that Salome recounts many of the contradictions of the period of origin, that in this piece, however, much is also dismissed of that which at the time was still the future: "It's not just what's in the work of art itself that is important, whether it be Oscar Wilde or Richard Strauss, but rather the whole context, which Christianity and the history of the 20th century add to this piece."

Salome

Max-Joseph-Platz

Richard Wagner wrote Die Walküre as the second of four parts of the powerful musical theatre epic, Der Ring des Nibelungen, which is based on the Medieval Nibelungenlied and old Norse god sagas. Wotan, the highest god, has fathered twins with a mortal woman – Siegmund and Sieglinde. These two in turn have a child, in which Wotan sees his dominion consolidated. His wife Fricka defies his plans and, as protector of the traditional marriage rites, demands Siegmund’s death. Wotan reluctantly agrees, although it will cause a split with his favourite daughter.

Joachim Bäckström

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 23 - Mar 5, 2026

Salome · Bayerische Staatsoper

Jun 25 - Jul 8, 2026

Die Walküre · Bayerische Staatsoper

Past events

10 - 11 Jan, 2025

Thirteen Day Concert 2025 · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Siegmund in Die Walküre by Wagner

Bayerische Staatsoper

Narraboth in Salome by Strauss

Bayerische Staatsoper

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