Opera in Sweden
Venus & Adonis | Dido & Aeneas
Turandot | Agrippina
Confidencen | Drottningholm | Kopparberg
A must-see tour for lovers of Baroque opera and Puccini
Dates & Prices
11-15 August
£ awaiting confirmation
No Single Supplement
£ awaiting confirmation
No Single Supplement
Deposit £400
Accommodation
Hotel Reissen (4*) Stockholm
Including bed & breakfast
Group Size
Between 5 and 10 people
What’s included
Tickets to four operas
Good seats in the stalls where possible
Entry to all museums and galleries
Dinner with wine each night including the dining car experience
Entry to all museums and galleries
Dinner with wine each night including the dining car experience
We visit Stockholm for a baroque double bill in the historic Confidencen Theatre. Handel'sAgrippinais performed at Drottningholm and we travel by train to Kopparberg for Opera pa Skaret's festival performance of Puccini's
Turandot
Bernt Ola Volungholen Adonis/Aeneas
Christina Larsson Malmberg Belinda
Rupert Enticknap Cupido/Sorceress
Sofia Niklasson Second Woman/First Witch
Mathilda Sidén Silfver Second Witch/Messenger
Love Tronner Sailor
Arash Azarbad Shepherd
Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra
Olof Boman conductor
Day 4
Day 5
Check out will be available after breakfast.
Full details of the tour will be available from late February
Summary
Day 1
Arrival and dinner at the hotel in Stockholm
Day 2
Evening opera at the Confidencen Theatre
Venus & Adonis
Dido & Aeneas
Ida Ränzlöv Venus/Dido
Bernt Ola Volungholen Adonis/Aeneas
Christina Larsson Malmberg Belinda
Rupert Enticknap Cupido/Sorceress
Sofia Niklasson Second Woman/First Witch
Mathilda Sidén Silfver Second Witch/Messenger
Love Tronner Sailor
Arash Azarbad Shepherd
Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra
Olof Boman conductor
Day 3
A journey by train with dinner served on board to Kopparberg and the converted sawmill which houses Opera pa Skaret
The 2020 festival opera is Turandot
Day 4
A visit to Drottningholm court theatre including a guided tour followed by an evening performance of Handel's Agrippina
Conductor • Francesco Corti
Director • Staffan Valdemar Holm
Costumes and stage design • Bente Lykke Møller
Light design • Torben Lendorph
Wigs and make-up • Sofia Ranow
Cast
Claudio • Nahuel Di Pierro
Agrippina • Ann Hallenberg
Nerone • Bruno de Sá
Ottone • Kristina Hammarström
Poppea • Giulia Semenzato
Pallante • Renato Dolcini
Narciso • Kacper Szelążek
Lesbo • Emil Næshagen
The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra
Director • Staffan Valdemar Holm
Costumes and stage design • Bente Lykke Møller
Light design • Torben Lendorph
Wigs and make-up • Sofia Ranow
Cast
Claudio • Nahuel Di Pierro
Agrippina • Ann Hallenberg
Nerone • Bruno de Sá
Ottone • Kristina Hammarström
Poppea • Giulia Semenzato
Pallante • Renato Dolcini
Narciso • Kacper Szelążek
Lesbo • Emil Næshagen
The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra
Day 5
Check out will be available after breakfast.