Part three of Esa-Pekka Salonen's residency, where the honorary conductor leads the the Swedish Radio Choir, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and soloists Malena Ernman and Jennifer France in György Ligeti's Requiem, written for the choir in 1965 and used by Stanley Kubrick in his movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Additionally, Janine Jansen joins the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Sergei Prokofiev's lyrical and virtuosic Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major. The concert begins with the Swedish premiere of Salonen's Tiu  (Finnish for a dozen), which was written for the 20th anniversary of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Salonen himself describes the work as 'palindromes, fanfares, and clouds for orchestra.’

Salonen, Jansen & Ligeti's Requiem

SR Berwaldhallen

Heavenly choirs, blaring trumpets and thundering timpani! Experience a grand and heartfelt Christmas atmosphere when the 100-year-old Radio Choir rounds off its anniversary year together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and brilliant soloists in Johann Sebastian Bach’s timeless Christmas Oratorio under the direction of chief conductor Kaspars Putninš.

Bach's Christmas Oratorio part 1–3

Christmas at Berwaldhallen is celebrated with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir performing music from the classic Christmas repertoire.

Christmas Concert 2025

Part three of Esa-Pekka Salonen's residency, where the honorary conductor leads the the Swedish Radio Choir, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and soloists Malena Ernman and Jennifer France in György Ligeti's Requiem, written for the choir in 1965 and used by Stanley Kubrick in his movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Berwaldhallen

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The Artelize Podcast: 'Amplifying What Makes Us Human'. A conversation with Zuly E. Inirio

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The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

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The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

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The Artelize Podcast: A love letter that was never sent

Back by popular demand! Welcome to join in as we sing beloved Christmas classics together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. So clear your throats, warm up your vocal cords and get ready for the perfect start to the festive season. Of course, you're just as welcome to sit back and listen – and let yourself be enveloped by orchestra and voices filling every corner of the Main Hall.

Christmas Sing-along

Stockholm City Hall

Hearing Handel’s Messiah performed by choir, orchestra, and four vocal soloists is always a profound experience. It is Handel’s most famous work, filled with exquisite arias and magnificent choruses – including the celebrated Hallelujah chorus. In this performance, we hear the German-language version created nearly 50 years after the English original. By then, the Baroque era had given way to Classicism, and Mozart expanded the orchestration while making several minor adjustments in line with his own instincts and the musical ideals of his time.

Handel’s Messiah – by way of Mozart

What happens when one of the most visionary conductors and composers of our time is given free rein to create his own concert? In Retrospective: Salonen, you are invited to an evening where boundaries are blurred, both between then and now and between genres. With innovative works by Salonen himself and Jesper Nordin, electronic landscapes, and Rebecka Törnqvist's personal interpretations of Eva Dahlgren's and Anders Hillborg's music, it becomes an exclusive musical reflection of a unique artistry, and a jewel in Salonen's string of concerts during the season as Artist in Residence!

Retrospective: Salonen

Already in the 1970s, Semyon Bychkov – among the most esteemed and respected conductors of our time – left Russia for the United States. Many musicians, composers, authors and academics have undertaken similar journeys in search of a creative home. One such figure is the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, whose much-loved Ninth Symphony From the New World was written during his time as a professor of composition in the US. In this symphony, Dvořák allows the musical roots of his beloved Bohemia to meet the sounds of Native American traditions.

Nobel Prize Concert

When the farmer's daughter Emma marries the doctor Charles Bovary, she has high hopes for a new and exciting life. But everyday life quickly sets in and Emma feels locked into the pompous and predictable petit bourgeois lifestyle. She wants more! And she seeks excitement where it is offered: In cheesy novels, in the abundance of shops and in the allure of passion. But can she break free?

Madame Bovary

Dramaten

The chargers that accumulate in the broken box. Your sore back. The children's schooling. The small talk with your colleague. The lack of sleep. The alienation you feel. The dreams of freedom.The Capitalexists everywhere, all the time.

The Capital

Guaranteed Christmas atmosphere is promised when the Romeo & Julia Choir breathes life into traditional Christmas music with their stage interpretations. The elves, Lucia and the three wise men get a place on stage but don't always do as they were intended.

Christmas concert

The Heart of the Earth, Eatnama váibmu , is a colorful musical experience with Sami origins about the mysticism and the struggle between good and evil. With rhythmic drum beats and elements of joik, the story is told in Northern Sami about the beating heart of the earth. The performance is for all ages, you can follow along with the text on the text machine to get the best experience!

The Heart of the Earth

Kungliga Operan

Mozart's opera favorite with music you recognize or quickly become seduced by. Join the search for love and freedom with Tamino and Pamina, Papageno and Papagena and, of course, the Queen of the Night. The Magic Flute, directed by Ole Anders Tandberg, is an imaginative and fast-paced performance that features the greatest hits in opera history – and everyone sings in Swedish!

The Magic Flute

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

The classicA Christmas Carolmake a fond return visit toThe Folk OperaThe show includes a number of well-known Christmas songs and is traditionally performed by a British ensemble.

"The Christmas Carol"A Christmas Carol" class="css-u850" data-mark-multiple="true">A Christmas Carol” is one of Charles Dickens’ most popular stories, and 200 years after Dickens’s birth, interest in his humorous yet serious tale of bitter Ebenezer Scrooge remains high. During the 1980s and 1990s, the performance was staged every Christmas in Stockholm, and was then brought back to life when Pernilla Isedal staged the classic story under new direction. Pernilla’s version of “A Christmas Carol” is a genuine musical theatre version with British actors and singers in the roles, as well as several child and youth actors. The performance, which has become an established Christmas tradition, proves year after year that the over 170-year-old tale is as relevant today as it was in the 19th century. 

A Christmas Carol

The Folk Opera

Guest performance at the Folkoperan

The soloist at this year's festive New Year's concert at the Folkoperan is the young rising star Rebecka Wallroth, mezzo-soprano. The 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss's birth is celebrated with opera, Viennese waltz - and tango! Conductor: Emil Eliasson.

New Year's Gala 2025

Welcome to Children's Saturdays; concerts, try out baroque dancing, try out opera singing or join a guided tour of the Opera House and try out costumes from the Opera's magical costume store or try out ballet in our ballet halls. Memorable experiences for the whole family!

Children's Saturdays

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.

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