Golden Wedding Jubilee Concert
The Royal Swedish Opera pays tribute to their Majesties' Golden Wedding Jubilee
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DATE:June 13
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TIME:6 p.m.
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STAGE:Main stage
The Royal Swedish Opera will celebrate the King and Queen’s 50th wedding anniversary with Their Majesties' Golden Wedding Jubilee Concert on the Main Stage on 13 June 2026. Tickets will be released in mid‑March.
Their Majesties' Golden Wedding Jubilee Concert
On June 13, a musical festive atmosphere awaits Thei Majesties The King and The Queen at the Opera, when we celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a concert. The evening will start with a wedding march followed by classics and favorites from the opera repertoire with court singers Daniel Johansson, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson and Elin Rombo among the soloists. The Royal Swedish Ballet will also present several dance performances, including excerpts from Alexander Ekman's Midsummer Night's Dream.
Together with the Royal Opera Chorus the Royal Swedish Orchestra and Royal Court Kapellmeister Alan Gilbert, the Royal Swedish Opera will present a golden-edged gift with several surprises, directed by artistic director Tobias Theorell. The concert will also be broadcast on television, so that everyone can take part in the celebrations.
Tonight's concert in summary (see the full program in detail below):
MUSIC Felix Mendelssohn/Mikael Karlsson/Frederick Loewe/Giacomo Puccini/Jörgen Elofsson/Johannes Brahms/Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus/Richard Wagner
CHOREOGRAPHY Alexander Ekman (Midsummer Night's Dream)/Pär Isberg (Gustavia)
DIRECTOR Tobias Theorell
TEXT Andreas T Olsson
SET DESIGN Jonas Lundqvist
CHORUS MASTER Jori Klomp
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Programme
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Wedding March
Music Felix MendelssohnMidsummer Night’s Dream
Choreography & set design Alexander Ekman
Music Mikael Karlsson
Costume design Bregje van BalenMy Fair Lady
“I could have danced all night”
Music Frederick Loewe
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner
Soloist Elin Rombo
Chorus soloists Roma Loukes, Henriikka Gröndahl, Therese BadmanTurandot
“Nessun dorma”
Music Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni
Soloist Daniel Johansson“The most beautiful love song”
Music & lyrics Jörgen Elofsson
Arrangement Per Ekdahl
Soloists Toussaint Chiza, Ella Tiritiello
Musicians Staffan Astner, Per Ekdahl, David Lindvall, Nisse Törnqvist, Annika Granlund Jonsson, Cosima Lamberth, Lars Säfsund
A gift to the Royal Couple from the Royal Swedish Academy of MusicMadama Butterfly
“Dicon ch’oltre mare”
Music Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Soloists Elin Rombo, Daniel JohanssonGustavia
Pas de deux
Choreography Pär Isberg
Direction Amir Chamdin
Set design Cinzia Lo Fazio
Costume design Selam Fessahaye
Music Johannes Brahms (Movement III from Piano Concerto no. 2 in b-flat major, op. 83)
Dance soloists Guillaume Diop, Luiza Lopes
Piano soloist Anna Christensson“Dancing Queen”
Music & lyrics Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stikkan Anderson
Arrangement Sebastian Ring
Soloists Johanna Söderberg, Klara Söderberg (First Aid Kit)
Musicians Erik Jonsson, Sebastian Ring, Gabriel Runemark, Theodor Stocks»Tune from Ådalen«
Music E.Arebro
Musician Håkan Olsson, violaDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg
“Wach auf, es nahet gen den Tag” and “Verachtet mir die Meister nicht”
Music & libretto Richard Wagner
Swedish text Calle Norlén
Soloist Karl-Magnus Fredriksson
Watch the whole concert on SVT
Were you unable to get a ticket to the concert? SVT will record the concert and broadcast it the same evening.
See more at SVT Play-
Cast
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Creative team
Choreography Alexander Ekman
Director Tobias Theorell
Chorus master Jori Klomp
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