Ring out the old and sing in the new with the Berwaldhallen’s festive Epiphany concert! In this year’s concert, comedian Jonatan Unge is your host, and the Norwegian conductor Cathrine Winnes leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir, along with sopranos Julia Sporsén and Mari Eriksmoen, as well as this year’s Classical Artist in P2, trumpeter Ellinor Bengtson.

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Epiphany Concert 2026

Berwaldhallen

This year's New Year's concert will be extra glitzy with actor Robert Fux as emcee, acclaimed soprano Julia Sporsén and court singer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson. Together with the Royal Swedish Orchestra, thunderous beautiful music is offered in a program with classical gems from the repertoire, not least from Vienna. In addition, dancers from the Royal Swedish Ballet will participate. In the New Year 2025, we will ring out the old, as our beautiful opera house will soon be renovated and we will move to the Gasometer.

The concert will be given on two occasions on New Year's Eve, at 3:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Choose the time that suits you best, and feel free to have something refreshing in the Gold Foyer during the break, toasting to the year gone by and the new one to come.

New Year's Concert

Kungliga Operan

Julia Sporsén is one of Sweden’s most acclaimed sopranos today. She was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Opera Prize in 2023 for her portrayal of the title role in Bellini’s Norma at Folkoperan, with the jury stating: “In the service of artistic expression, she tests all boundaries with beautiful sensitivity and complete vocal mastery.” Equally praised was her performance as Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello at the Gothenburg Opera last season.

Lied Concert with Sporsén and Risberg

Stockholm Concert Hall

‘Finland Awakes!’ was Sibelius’s original name for Finlandia – a soul-shaking song of hope and liberation from a nation struggling to break from Russian rule. Freedom was in the air, and across Scandinavia composers turned to poetry, folklore and the untamed beauty of the natural environment to create music that sang of their dreams and aspirations.

Sibelius: Songs of Love and Freedom

Southbank Centre

A playful story with darkness at its core — an opera about romantic relationships, disguises, and desire, set to ingeniously crafted music by Mozart.

Così fan tutte

Royal Swedish Opera

Leonore has been waiting for news of her husband for two long years. Rumour has it he is dead; she suspects that he has been secretly imprisoned by a corrupt nobleman. In despair and hope, she takes matters into her own hands, disguising herself as a man and taking a job with the kindly gaoler Rocco. As Fidelio – the faithful one – her hard work earns Rocco’s respect, not to mention the affections of his daughter. Risking everything, can she rescue her husband and reclaim their lost life?

Fidelio

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Theatre Royal Glasgow

Beethoven’s only opera – a remarkable outlier in his expansive body of works – is a triumphant tale of freedom of conscience in the face of oppression, affirming the power of the human spirit to overcome the worst of circumstances.

“Are you human, or are you a fairy tale?” The water nymph Rusalka is in love with a prince. Only if she is transformed into a human can she be united with him. But the witch Ježibaba binds this spell to conditions: Rusalka must remain silent, and if the prince no longer loves her, she must kill him. The two plan to marry, but the prince is already troubled by her eternal silence, and soon he succumbs to the seduction of another woman. Rejected, Rusalka returns to the lake. When the prince shows remorse, the curse demands its price: one final kiss brings him death.

Julia Sporsén

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 9 - Dec 1, 2026

Così fan tutte · Kungliga Operan

17 - 26 Feb, 2027

Fidelio · Scottish Opera

Feb 26, 2027

Fidelio · Capital Theatres

May 16 - Jun 5, 2027

Rusalka · Oper Köln

Past events

9 - 10 Jan, 2026

Epiphany Concert 2026 · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Dec 31, 2025

New Year's Concert · Kungliga Operan

Future and recently performed repertoire

Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte by Mozart

Kungliga Operan

Singer in Finlandia by Sibelius

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Symphony No. 1 by Sibelius

BBC Concert Orchestra

The foreign princess in Rusalka by Dvořák

Oper Köln

Leonore in Fidelio by Beethoven

Scottish Opera

Singer in 5 Songs by Sibelius

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in The wind and the tree by Rangström

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Prayer to Night by Rangström

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Fylgia by Stenhammar

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Starry eye by Stenhammar

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Concerto for Orchestra by Gendre

BBC Concert Orchestra

Singer in Arioso by Sibelius

BBC Concert Orchestra

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