KULTURNATT STOCKHOLM 2024

Welcome to the Culture Night (Kulturnatten) at the Royal Opera on Saturday April 20. Here you can experience all the art forms that fit within our opera house - no fees, just come and go as you please. If you have any questions during the evening, look for our employees who can guide you correctly and answer questions.

PROGRAMME 2024

 

COSTUME FITTING FOR CHILDREN

TIME 6–9 p.m.
WHERE 2nd row balcony
INFO Children of all ages get to dress up in costumes that have been used in performances at the Royal Swedish Opera.

OPERA EXPERIENCE FOR CHILDREN

TIME 6.15–6.45, 7–7.30, 7.45–8.15, 8.30–9 p.m.
WHERE Schweizeriet, lower 3rd row
CONDITIONS Limited availability for each time slot. Tickets to be collected from the Box Office in the entrance from 6 p.m. the same day. First come first served.
INFO Children aged 6–10 can test opera with the help of teachers from Young Opera. Instructions are held in Swedish.

CRAFTS' CORNER FOR CHILDREN

TIME 6–9 p.m.
WHERE Lower 3rd row balcony
INFO Create imaginative character art and makeup cards - discover the series The Magical House.

MEET THE OPERA'S CEO

TIME kl. 6.30–7, 8.15–8.45 p.m.
WHERE The Golden Foyer
INFO Meet the Opera's CEO Fredrik Lindgren and hear him talk about  what is happening in and with the Opera house, now and in the future.

TRY ON POINTE SHOES

TIME 6–11 p.m.
WHERE Lower 3rd row balcony
CONDITIONS Limited availability for each time slot. Tickets to be collected from the Box Office in the entrance from 6 p.m. the same day. First come first served.
INFO The opportunity for both adults and children to try on pointe shoes. If you make a donation to the Pointe shoe Appeal at the same time, you will get a pair of shoes signed by the ballet's dancers to take home!

TRY OUT CLASSICAL BALLET AND MODERN DANCE

TIME 7.15–7.45 p.m. (classical ballet), 8–8.30 p.m. (modern dance)
WHERE Studion, 3rd upper row
CONDITIONS Limited availability for each time slot. Tickets to be collected from the Box Office in the entrance from 6 p.m. the same day. First come first served.
INFO Try classical and modern dancing under the guidance of repetiteurs from the Opera
House.
LED BY (classical ballet) Zhan Atymtayev with pianist Ani Tovmasyan
LED BY (modern dance) Daniel Norgren-Jensen

OPERA MASTERCLASS

TIME kl. 9–9.30 p.m.
WHERE Studion, 3rd upper row
CONDITIONS Limited availability for each time slot. Tickets to be collected from the Box Office in the entrance from 6 p.m. the same day. First come first served.
INFO Join us as Opera soloist Angela Rotondo guides soprano Emilia Utter.
PIANIST Julia Koydan

SING OPERA

TIME 10–10.30 p.m.
WHERE Studion, 3rd upper row
CONDITIONS Limited availability for each time slot. Tickets to be collected from the Box Office in the entrance from 6 p.m. the same day. First come first served.
INFO Try singing opera under the guidance of educators from the Royal Swedish Opera.
PIANIST Daniel Hormazábal

OPERA SING ALONG

TIME kl. 7.15–7.45, 9.15–9.45, 10.15–10.45 p.m.
WHERE The Golden Foyer
INFO Sing along to beloved opera classics! Led by Matilda Wahlund and Jon Nilsson from the Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, accompanied by pianist Gunnel Lundberg. Texts are available in the printed program and online.

Lyrics for the opera sing along »

BALLET AND MODERN DANCE ON THE MAIN STAGE

TIME kl. 6.30–7.00, 7.30–8.04, 8.30–9.05 p.m.
WHERE Main stage
INFO Dancers from the Royal Ballet perform Young Choreographers, which was first performed in January this year. Here, the ballet's dancers step into the role of choreographers and in short performances lead their colleagues through many different styles and expressions. Each part contains a mix of modern and classical dance.

TITLES AND CHOREOGRAPHERS PART 1 (6.30–7.00 p.m.) VINE by Anna CecilIa Meyer, ESTRELLITA by Jade Longley, FOR NO ONE by Daniel Norgren-Jensen, WHEN VENUS HELD MY HAND by Felicia Andersson, DOIN’ IT RIGHT by William Dugan
TITLES AND CHOREOGRAPHERS PART 2 (7.30–8.04 p.m.) VINE by Anna Cecila Meyer, INSPIRE ME by Jérémie Neveu, W.A.T. MOVEMENT by Kentaro Mitsomuri, BUT NOW YOU´RE LATE DARLING by Lorrenzo Fernandes 
TITLES AND CHOREOGRAPHERS PART 3 (8.30–9.05 p.m.) LORN by Julien Keulen, SULTRY ECHOES by Elisa Fossati, ESTRELLITA by Jade Longley, DOIN’ IT RIGHT by William Dugan

HOSTS Katarina Aronsson and Nicolas Le Riche

Information about the music and participating dancers in Young Choreographers »

YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS IS A RECURRENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SUPPORTED BY AGDA CECILIA RILTON'S BALLET FUND

OPERA ON THE MAIN STAGE

TIME kl. 9.30–10.00, 10.30–11.00 p.m.
WHERE Main stage
The opera's soloists and musicians from the Royal Swedish Orchestra perform highlights from Rossini's classic Il barbiere di Siviglia.
CONDUCTOR James Duddle
SOLOISTS Konu Kim (as count Almaviva), Luthando Qave (as Figaro), Daria Savinova (as Rosina), Therese Badman Stenius (as Berta)
MUSICIANS Jannika Gustafsson (violin), Genevieve Martineau (violin), Håkan Olsson (viola), Tamara Beliaeva-Bohlin (cello), Peter Bergström (double bass), Peter Fridholm (flute), Pelin Lius (oboe), Per Billman (clarinet), Anders Engström (bassoon), Emma Van Den Ecker (horn)
HOST Katarina Aronsson

A tip: If you want to see the whole Il barbiere di Siviglia, it plays until April 29!

SCREENING OF THE MAGICAL HOUSE

TIME 11.00–11.45 p.m.
WHERE Main stage
Watch our web series The Magical House about life behind the scenes in the Opera House. Suitable for curious people of all ages!