Conductor

A beautiful and varied program consisting of overtures, arias and duets from the world of operetta. With Viennese baritone Günter Haumer and soprano Elisabeth Meyer.

Summer Concert at Augustenborg

Augustenborg Slotspark

When the sun sets on a bright June evening and the flames of the bonfire dance in the wind, the air is filled with notes that have always brought generations together. Our traditional and always atmospheric St. Hans concert is of course on the program again, and this year it is the beloved midsummer songs from the high school songbook that evoke memories of community when our chairman of the board, Simon Faber, sits down at the piano.

St. Hans 2026

Alsion Concert Hall

Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's meeting with Richard Wagner is the start of an intense friendship and an equally dramatic break. In the newly written musical theatre performance by Joakim Sten, we meet actor Jonas Karlsson who, while hiking on a Swiss alpine peak, reevaluates a musical genius.

The philosopher Nietzsche based his entire thinking on music. When he met the great composer Richard Wagner as a young man, he was overwhelmed – both artistically and intellectually. Wagner befriended him, had him write lyrics that praised Wagner himself, and shaped him into his ideological disciple. But as Nietzsche began to see through his mentor and despise his growing anti-Semitism, the questions grew: Where will this lead? What kind of world will this create?

Nietzsche versus Wagner

The Folk Opera

Our new Principal Guest Conductor, Henrik Schaefer, will lead no less than four special evenings, when Mozart's Requiem from 1791, one of the most moving and dramatic works in music history, is on the program. It is Mozart's last composition but among his most famous works, even though it was only partly written by Mozart himself.

Mozart's Requiem with Schaefer

German House

Harmony Cultural Center, Haderslev

Løgumkloster Church

A thriller-like opera set in a time of political unrest and war. At the center are the opera singer Floria Tosca, her lover, the artist and freedom fighter Mario Cavaradossi, and the cruel, all-powerful police chief Scarpia. A triangle drama created for Stubø's minimalist and deeply personal direction.

On the intimate stage of the Folkoperan, Tosca becomes a gripping, intimate study of passion, abuse of power, rebellion and terror. A deadly drama with the opera singer Tosca and Puccini's incomparably beautiful music at its center.

Tosca

The New Year's Gala is a traditional Viennese program that sets the stage for a festive and joyful start to the new year. With a carefully selected repertoire that draws on classic Viennese culture, the audience is invited to celebrate the new year with both elegance and lively energy.

New Year's Gala

Forum Horsens

Comwell Kolding Theatre

Tønder Cultural Center

In Lilla Bokoperan we are inspired by newly published Swedish children's literature and pick out related pieces from music history. In the middle days we read Barrbarnet by Klara Bartilsson, a story that is both poignant and heartwarming.

One windy Sunday morning there's a knock on the door and a little pinecone child steps in. She pines like an old Christmas tree and is completely silent. But Mickey, Britten and Jones give her jam sandwiches and let her stay. Who is she really?

Lilla Bokoperan

Folk Opera's Foyer

Lil Lacy's flute concerto, written for the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra's long-time flautist, Thomas Jensen, is a work that celebrates life experience and the eternal change we as humans go through.


For Lil Lacy, this work has been a human and artistic journey. “I feel enormous gratitude,” she says. “Firstly, for having been given the opportunity to write a flute concerto, but also for the curiosity and openness with which Thomas has met me. The ongoing dialogue and exchange we have had around the work has been deeply inspiring and has opened up unique layers of sensuality, details and nuances in the music.” Lil Lacy and Thomas Jensen have had a collaboration based on mutual inspiration. From their very first conversations, it was clear that the work should bear the hallmark of a life story – a musical interpretation of the many phases a person goes through from before birth, to childhood, adolescence, adulthood and to a reflection on life. “I didn’t know from the beginning that it would be about life experience. However, this theme arose quite naturally in our conversations, as Thomas has such a rich career and is so curious about so many different musical genres and expressions. Being able to lean into a great life experience, both humanly and artistically, is something that creates perspective and possibilities. For me as a newer composer, it is a great gift to work with such a generous and trusting musician – and human being,” says Lil Lacy. For Thomas Jensen, the work has a deep personal meaning. With a long career behind him, where he has worked with Lil Lacy’s parents, jazz pianist Butch Lacy and singer Birgitte Frieboe, among other things, the collaboration feels almost destined.

World premiere: Thomas Jensen plays Lil Lacy's flute concerto

Ribe Cathedral

Verdi's masterpiece about the passionate but terminally ill Violetta has long since become one of the world's most beloved operas. With its beautiful tableaus, wonderful orchestral music and, not least, the iconic arias, the story takes us on a journey through a woman's struggle to break free from society's norms - at a time when it was not exactly well-regarded.

Tivoli: The best of La Traviata

Tivolis Koncertsal

In an unequal and powerful world, a struggle is being waged – a struggle for youthful liberation with hope and love as weapons. When Parisian director Stéphane Braunschweig takesThe Magic FluteIn our time, actor Anton Lundqvist and young opera singers such as Endre Aaberge Dahl, Clarice Granado and Lovisa Huledal meet on stage.

The Magic Flute

Bach's Christmas Oratorio opens grandly with timpani and trumpets in "Jauchzet, frohlocket!" (Shout for joy, rejoice!). The work tells the story of Jesus' birth through festive choruses, lyrical arias and recitatives, in which the evangelists Luke and Matthew carry the narrative forward. Running time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes – no intermission.

Conductor

Henrik Schaefer

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 18, 2026

Bach's Christmas Oratorio · Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

Apr 1, 2027

Bach's St. Matthew Passion · Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

Past events

Aug 22, 2026

Summer Concert at Augustenborg · Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

Jun 23, 2026

St. Hans 2026 · Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in The Magic Flute by Mozart

Folkoperan

Conductor in La traviata by Verdi

Copenhagen Phil

Conductor in Nietzsche versus Wagner by Composers

Folkoperan

Conductor in St. Matthew Passion by Bach

Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

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