»a fantastic mission: to create opera and ballet for children and young people based on their perspective and needs«
ELLEN LAMM, Artistic Director Young Opera
YOUNG OPERA
»Music, singing, dancing and acting are conduits for energy and dreams, which can be life-changing for anyone with access to these art forms«
//ELLEN LAMM
Artistic Director Young Opera
»Welcome to the Magic House – the Royal Swedish Opera! Young Opera has a fantastic mission here: creating opera and ballet for children and young people based on their own perspective and needs. We want to create opportunities for young audiences to identify with representations that broaden their world through performances of the highest quality.
In spring, we will present the acclaimed composer Andrea Tarrodi’s new opera Lost, a playful station drama about being lost and finding your way back home. Suitable for children from the age of 6.
Not only do we offer performances, but also creative and educational projects focusing on children and young people’s creativity. Young Opera interact with children in and out of school through workshops, guided tours, school holiday activities and concerts at the Opera House. On Saturdays, children from the age of four can try everything from ballet and Baroque dance to opera singing and costume fitting with the help of our experienced pedagogues.
For those who would like to enter the opera house from home we offer the web series The Magical House on Operan Play, in which we together with the viewers explore life on stage, behind the scenes and in exciting corners of the opera house where anything can happen!
The Royal Swedish Opera is one of Sweden’s major cultural institutions. It is incumbent on us to open up new worlds and create topical productions for young audiences. Music, singing, dancing and acting are conduits for energy and dreams, which can be life-changing for anyone with access to these art forms. Our daily operations rely on our faith in the power and meaning of art for all ages.«
One of the Royal Swedish Opera’s most important missions is to put on exciting performances for children and young people, and to make it possible for them to pursue culture. During the last ten years Young Opera has been and continue to be the state-of-the-art for opera and ballet in Sweden.
PERFORMANCES
Every season we create opera and dance performances for children and young people.
ACTIVITIES
In addition to exciting performances, we also throw open the doors of the Opera House to Childrens’ Saturdays, school holiday activities and family days. The activities we offer vary from guided tours of the Opera House and trying on costumes to mini performances and concerts.
COOPERATION WITH SCHOOLS
Young Opera also engages in active school outreach, and our educational programme offers both short and long-term projects, one of which is part of the Skapande skola (Creative School) programme. We also arrange field trips to the Opera House and teachers’ evenings, and we schedule weekend and holiday activities, host family days and put on special performances for school groups.
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