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Performer: Niklas Björling Rygert

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StockholmTosca

© The Royal Swedish Opera / Markus Gårder
Puccini: Tosca
Eivind Gullberg Jensen; Knut Hendriksen; Royal Swedish Opera; Vitali Alekseenok; André Callegaro; Björn Brusewitz; Ann-Mari Anttila

StockholmDie FledermausConcert performance

© The Royal Swedish Opera / Karolina Henke
Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Alan Gilbert; Jonas Österberg Nilsson; Royal Swedish Opera; Johanna Svensson; Royal Swedish Orchestra; Royal Swedish Opera Chorus; Per Lindström
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Fagerlund’s interpretation of Morning Star dawns over Helsinki

Mari Palo (Turid) © Ilkka Saastamoinen
Finnish National Opera premieres an emotionally diffuse interpretation of the Karl Ove Knausgård’s novel The Morning Star, with Swedish libretto by Gunilla Hemming and direction by Thomas de Mallet Burgess. 
**111
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Overpowering Candide at Royal Swedish Opera

Ole Anders Tandberg's edgy take on Bernstein's satirical operetta is lifted by some good performances but marred by an overpowering orchestra.
***11
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Anne Sofie von Otter dominates the scene in Stockholm's Carmélites

The Royal Swedish Opera revives Garpe’s production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites with a committed cast.

***11
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A static Rigoletto at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm

The Kungliga Operan presents a stagnant production of Verdi’s masterpiece, with a competent cast comprised mostly of Swedish singers.
***11
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Asmik Grigorian an extraordinary Butterfly in Stockholm

Grigorian returns to Stockholm in a wonderful performance of Madama Butterfly, with young, upcoming tenor Migran Agadzhanyan as Pinkerton in a 2014 production by Kirsten Harms.
****1
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Byström’s thrilling performance as Fedora

After her triumph at the Royal Opera House in London as Salome, Byström comes home to Sweden to great acclaim in Giordano’s opera.
****1
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