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A quest for love: Salome at the Royal Swedish Opera

By Aksel Tollåli, 03 December 2013
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Reviewed at Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm on 30 November 2013
Programme
Strauss R., Salome
Performers
Royal Swedish Opera
Lawrence Renes, Conductor
Sofia Adrian Jupither, Director
Nina Stemme, Salome
Marianne Eklöf, Herodias
Niklas Björling Rygert, Herodes
Josef Wagner, Jochanaan
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Aksel Tollåli
Aksel Tollåli
Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.