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  • Group of children in different clothes standing together, indoors with gold columns in the background.

    Children & youth

    Children's Saturdays

    Welcome to a magical visit at the Royal Swedish Opera - experience our popular Children's Saturdays!

    Children's Saturdays

  • Barberaren I Sevilla Kungliga Operan.

    Opera

    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

  • Two ballet dancers in a dynamic pose on a stage with a dark background, emphasizing their movement and expression.

    Ballet | Revival

    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

  • Person with black goggles and composite face against a tricolor background of yellow, light blue and purple.

    Opera | World Premiere

    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

  • Kungliga Hovkapellet På Taket.

    Concert

    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

  • Young person in a white shirt with a laurel wreath on his head and a lollipop in his mouth against a light background.

    Children & youth | World premiere

    Julius Caesar

    Young Opera present Julius Caesar, Handel’s classic opera about passion and rivalry, here in a school playground where conflicts surface and loyalties quickly shift.

    Julius Caesar

  • A woman with long hair wearing a white blouse.

    Opera | Premiere

    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 plate of food is on a table together with a knife, fork and a concert program.

    Concert

    Lunch concerts

    At least two days a week there is a lunchtime concert with the Royal Opera's own singers and musicians or other prominent artists.

    Lunch concerts

  • Kungliga Operan I Haga.

    Concert | Event

    The Opera in Haga

    Celebrate the Swedish National Day with a grand musical party in Hagaparken's early summer greenery! The Royal Swedish Opera, together with the city of Solna and the Swedish Royal Court, invites you to a national day celebration on June 6, 2025, according to tradition.

    The Opera in Haga

  • A scene with a variety of dancers in different positions and poses.

    Ballet | Event

    Summer Gala

    From classic Sleeping Beauty to the truly contemporary with the Royal Swedish Ballet School: traditional school year closing with the students.

    Summer Gala

  • Illustration Gat 2Webb.

    Concert

    The Opera in the park

    The Royal Swedish Opera's traditional participation in Parkteatern's annual program: welcome to Vitabergsparken on August 27, at 7 p.m.

    The Opera in the park

  • The naked torso of a young man with the name Aida carved on his chest.

    Opera | Revival

    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

  • Midsommarnattsdröm Kungliga Baletten.

    Ballet | Revival

    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

  • A group of people in black suits, some with instruments, stand in a winter landscape.

    Concert

    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

  • A black-and-white portrait image of a man in a suit, behind him candle flames.

    Concert

    Tribute to Nicolai Gedda

    In 2025, it is 100 years since Nicolai Gedda was born, and this will be celebrated with a couple of luxurious yet intimate concerts in the Golden Foyer. Selected pieces from Gedda's repertoire will be performed – opera classics, operettas and romances. 

    Tribute to Nicolai Gedda

Performances & events at the Royal Swedish Opera

Every year we propose a number of different productions at the Royal Swedish Opera; everything from completely newly written productions to classic vintage masterpieces. We preserve tradition while pushing boundaries. All in three main areas; opera and ballet as well as activities for children and young people.

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