Pomp, splendor, and New Year’s glamour
Step into 2027 in style! The concert opens with the overture to Wagner’s *The Flying Dutchman*, followed by Senta’s ballad from the same opera, featuring soprano Åsa Jäger. The Umeå audience will recognize her from the acclaimed production of *Tristan und Isolde* in the fall of 2025.
Trumpeter Ellinor Bengtsson is the soloist in Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto and later also in *The Carnival of Venice*. The program also features music by Kodály, Strauss, Suppé, and Lehár.
After the intermission, the program includes, among other pieces, the tranquil second movement from Dvořák’s “From the New World ” Symphony and Wagner’s “Liebestod” from *Tristan und Isolde*. The concert concludes with Lumbye’s *Kopenhagener Eisenbahn Dampf Galopp*.
Bring someone you care about and start the new year with music that moves you, surprises you, and captures the true spirit of the New Year.
Time and date
Tuesday 05/01
19:00
Concert
Konsertsalen
Wednesday 06/01
15:00
Concert
Konsertsalen
Cast and Program
Cast
Conductor
Per-Otto Johansson
Soloists
Åsa Jäger, soprano
Ellinor Bengtsson, trumpet
Musician
The Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra
Photographers
Peter Östergren (portrait by Åsa Jäger).
Abraham Engelmark (portrait by Ellinor Bengtsson).
Program
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman: Overture, 11 min
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman: Senta’s Ballad, 5 min
Zoltán Kodály
from *Dances of Galanta*, 7 min
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major, First and Third Movements, 13 min
Johann Strauss Jr.
On the Beautiful Danube, 9 min
30-minute break
Franz Suppé
A Morning, a Noon, an Evening in Vienna, 8 min
Franz Lehár
Giuditta: ” Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiß, ” 6 min
Jean-Baptiste Arban
The Venice Carnival, 7 min
Antonín Dvořák
The New World, Second Movement, 11 min
Richard Wagner
Tristan and Isolde: Liebestod, 8 min
Hans Christian Lumbye
The Railway Race, 4 min
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Please note: Only cold beverages (and optional snacks: nuts, a bag of chips, or hot snacks) will be available for pickup in the closet on the lower level; a reserved table is not included.
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