Singer

With the world premiere of Pelléas et Mélisande in 1902, Claude Debussy challenged his contemporaries to listen to music in a new way. His instrumentation was without precedent. He transposed the Wagnerian leitmotif technique into a subtle tone painting and described atmospheres and dispositions of the soul that elude description and that even music is often only able to gesture towards.

Pelléas et Mélisande

Bebelplatz

Theatre icon Christoph Marthaler presents one of the world’s earliest operas as a ruthless, strikingly relevant tale of power and intrigue.

L’incoronazione di Poppea recounts a bloody chapter of Roman history, teeming with corruption and immorality.

L’incoronazione di Poppea

Royal Danish Opera

Spring has inspired many composers to write music. Perhaps it is precisely the awakening of nature that inspires creativity. Here we get to know two quite different spring feelings. Debussy's  Printemps  is more of a description of a spring-like inner awakening, while Boulanger's  D'un matin de printemps  is more concrete, with joy and anticipation when we have left darkness and cold behind us.

Thoughts If spring

Louis de Geer konsert & kongress

Seduction and intrigue: The romance between Cleopatra and Caesar during his conquest of Egypt is one of the most famous love affairs in the world. George Frideric Händel’s opera based on this story was a sensational success. The composer’s contemporaries declared it «beauty of all kinds in abundance». Even today, the magic of this music remains unbroken. In this Opéra de Monte-Carlo production, director Davide Livermore transfers the action to a luxurious cruise ship on the Nile. Cecilia Bartoli sings Cleopatra, one of her most thrilling roles.

Julius Caesar in Egypt

Zurich Opera House

Anything can happen when Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor and violinist Pekka Kuusisto takes the stage. This time, he presents a musical journey of discovery with Anne Sofie von Otter, with focus on man and nature.

Pekka Kuusisto & Anne Sofie von Otter

Göteborgs Symfoniker

Andris Nelsons leads a brilliant ensemble of opera’s foremost stars in Samuel Barber’s Vanessa – the 1958 Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece that stands as a pinnacle of American opera. Presented in Symphony Hall’s legendary acoustics, with Gian Carlo Menotti’s poignant libretto and Barber’s achingly beautiful score, this mid-century masterpiece explores the illusions of love through music of extraordinary emotional power.

Vanessa

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Lars von Trier’s film Melancholia is the perfect source material for a grand operatic experience. A decadent wedding that ends with the destruction of the Earth, accompanied by the Royal Swedish Orchestra, synthesizers and magnificent voices.

Mezzo-soprano

Anne Sofie von Otter

Events

Upcoming events

3 - 19 Oct, 2026

Melancholia · Kungliga Operan

25 - 28 Feb, 2027

Sir Simon Rattle | Pelléas et Mélisande · Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Jun 21 - Jul 9, 2026

Pelléas et Mélisande · Staatsoper Berlin

Apr 26 - May 4, 2026

L’incoronazione di Poppea · Royal Danish Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Geneviève in Pelléas et Mélisande by Debussy

Staatsoper Berlin

The Old Baroness in Vanessa by Barber

Boston Lyric Opera

Singer in So We Will Vanish by Karlsson

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Body Cosmic by Reid

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi

Royal Danish Opera

Singer in Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable by Nielsen

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Cornelia in Julius Caesar in Egypt by Handel

Opernhaus Zürich

Singer in Improvisation by Kuusisto

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Gaby in Melancholia by Karlsson

Kungliga Operan

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