Sweden's national stage for opera & ballet
Royal Swedish Opera
New season - we have released tickets for the autumn!
You can also become an »early bird« and secure your seats for spring 2026 with a subscription.
New season - we have released tickets for the autumn!
You can also become an »early bird« and secure your seats for spring 2026 with a subscription.
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare’s moving love story, Sergei Prokofiev’s classic ballet music to Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s dazzling choreography. Love as a matter of life and death.
Romeo and Juliet
Early Summer Concert
The season concludes with a magnificent concert on the Royal Swedish Opera main stage with the Royal Swedish Orchestra performing Johannes Brahms’s first symphony, conducted by Music Director and Royal Court Kapellmeister Alan Gilbert.
Early Summer Concert
Short Stories V
With Short Stories, the Royal Swedish Opera introduces new, 20-minute works sung in Swedish in an intimate setting.
Short Stories V
Il barbiere di Siviglia
In this first chapter of the Figaro story the resourceful barber Figaro helps love-struck Count Almaviva get his Rosina. The next chapter is revealed in Le nozze di Figaro, another production by the same director and creative team on the spring programme.
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Children's Saturdays
Welcome to a magical visit at the Royal Swedish Opera - experience our popular Children's Saturdays!
Children's Saturdays
High season for gift cards!
With all the parties and graduation ceremonies this spring... are you also thinking about the best possible gift? Give someone you love a gift certificate to the Royal Swedish Opera and the recipient can pick and choose from opera and ballet as well as concerts!
Buy a gift card here →
Aida
Verdi's opera classic continues to seduce audiences: one of the must-sees of the opera repertoire, a performance that has been praised by both audiences and critics.
Aida
Midsummer Night's Dream
The audience hit Midsummer Night's Dream, created by Alexander Ekman, is finally back with the Royal Swedish Ballet!
Midsummer Night's Dream
Prima Donna
A modern gem, a Maria Callas-inspired story about the ever-current subject – the diva! A tribute to the art of opera by Rufus Wainwright.
Prima Donna
Rusalka
Czech fairy tale opera on the theme of an unhappily in love water nymph — a mermaid for our time — signed by the master Dvořák.
Rusalka
Dugan/Naharin
A modern classic and a sensational debut on the Main Stage: an evening of 100% movement energy with the Royal Swedish Ballet!
Dugan/Naharin
Eatnama váibmu
Opera in Northern Sami for the whole family! Eatnama váibmu (The Heart of the Earth) takes us on a visual, musical journey into the Sami tradition.
Eatnama váibmu
Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart’s iconic comedy is one of the world’s best loved operas. We now present it in a completely new production, made by the same creative team that created Il barbiere di Siviglia in spring 2024. The characters are older, less naïve, more world weary and decadent, but very human.
Le nozze di Figaro
A Faust Symphony by Liszt
Alan Gilbert conducts the Royal Swedish Orchestra in this epic work on the Opera House’s main stage!
A Faust Symphony by Liszt
Swan Lake
It has been called the ballet of ballets — Swan Lake is a veritable display of the mastering of en pointe technique and tutus you can't miss!
Swan Lake
Die Zauberflöte
Always on the top list of the world's most watched — and loved — operas, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte is a must-see for both the opera enthusiast and the beginner!
Die Zauberflöte
You can still be an Early Bird — get 25% off
As an "early bird," you secure your seats for autumn and spring's most anticipated performances if you buy at least three. Don't miss out on audience favorites like Swan Lake, Madama Butterfly, Gustavia and many more!
For the young audience in 2025/2026
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BALLET
Who's there? (Vem där?)
Who's there? is a beautiful dance tale about meeting and being seen exactly as you are, with ingenious scenography, imaginative melodies and classical ballet! Schools can pre-book the performance.
Who's there? (Vem där?) -
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Sleeping Awake (Sova vaken)
A grand opera performance in a small format, with orchestral music that sounds like a cross between Tchaikovsky and Tom & Jerry. Schools can pre-book the performance.
Sleeping Awake (Sova vaken) -
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Askungen (Cinderella)
A twisted tale of love and belonging, and living happily ever after – according to one's own mind. Schools can pre-book the performance.
Askungen (Cinderella)
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BALLET
Who's there? (Vem där?)
Who's there? is a beautiful dance tale about meeting and being seen exactly as you are, with ingenious scenography, imaginative melodies and classical ballet! Schools can pre-book the performance.
Who's there? (Vem där?) -
OPERA
Sleeping Awake (Sova vaken)
A grand opera performance in a small format, with orchestral music that sounds like a cross between Tchaikovsky and Tom & Jerry. Schools can pre-book the performance.
Sleeping Awake (Sova vaken) -
OPERA
Askungen (Cinderella)
A twisted tale of love and belonging, and living happily ever after – according to one's own mind. Schools can pre-book the performance.
Askungen (Cinderella)
Celebrate the National Day with us!
Welcome to Hagaparken on June 6 when we celebrate National Day together with the Royal Court and the City of Solna. Bring your picnic basket and spend the day in the green grass and enjoy the traditional free early summer concert - with ballet, children's chorus and sing-along!
The Haga programme
Make your visit to the Opera an experience!
Don't forget to book something delicious for the interval - or why not book a table in one of the Opera's most beautiful (and secretive!) rooms, Restaurant Grodan!
Book a table & your interval treat!Meet the stars of the Opera!
A large number of artists and performers work at the Opera: discover our stars in the Royal Swedish Ballet, the Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, the Royal Swedish Orchestra and all the vocal soloists.
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The Royal Swedish Opera is Sweden's national stage for opera and ballet, founded by King Gustav III in 1773. The heart of opera in Sweden and home to opera singers, the Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and the Royal Swedish Ballet, the country's only classical ballet company and one of the world's oldest. The Royal Swedish Orchestra is also one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1526. We offer both adults and children strong emotions, tulle, pointe and tragedy.
