{"id":25482,"date":"2026-02-18T12:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/programblad\/tosca\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:20:09","slug":"tosca","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/en\/programblad\/tosca\/","title":{"rendered":"Tosca"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='no-program-container'> <div class='no-program-sidebar row w-100 m-0 justify-content-center '><div class='col-12 col-lg-6 p-0'><nav class='nav nav-tabs program-type-nav-tabs' id='program-type-nav-tab' role='tablist'><button class='nav-link program-type-nav-link active' id='nav-program-tab' data-bs-toggle='tab' data-bs-target='#nav-program-menu' data-linked-tab='#tab-program-content' type='button' role='tab' aria-controls='nav-program-menu tab-program-content' aria-selected='1'><span class='nav-link-text'><h5 class='mb-0'>Program<\/h5><\/span><\/button><button class='nav-link program-type-nav-link' 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srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dan-Turden-under-repetition-Tristan-och-Isolde.-Foto-Peter-Hallsten-1.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dan-Turden-under-repetition-Tristan-och-Isolde.-Foto-Peter-Hallsten-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dan-Turden-under-repetition-Tristan-och-Isolde.-Foto-Peter-Hallsten-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dan-Turden-under-repetition-Tristan-och-Isolde.-Foto-Peter-Hallsten-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" class=\" object-fit-none object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\"><br>*Tosca* must be one of the most perfect operas in the operatic canon. It features a clear conflict between idealism and personal desires, portrayed through a love triangle with well-defined characters. The plot moves forward at a brisk pace and has no dragging sections\u2014it never becomes boring. The dramaturgy is flawless. For an opera, it is short and to the point. The music is fully integrated into the drama and conveys both what is happening on stage and what remains unsaid.  <br><br>Given that Puccini was also a brilliant composer of melodies, the opera is, moreover, a veritable hit parade of immortal arias. All of this likely explains why it is so beloved and holds a clear position as one of the world\u2019s most frequently performed operas\u2014No. 5, to be exact. This means that *Tosca* has been presented in thousands of different productions. It also means there\u2019s a preconceived notion of what *Tosca* is and how it should be staged\u2014conventions that many directors have tried to break free from, with one idea more contrived than the next. Every possible interpretation and shift in time and space has already been tried, so what new perspective is there to offer? To avoid getting stuck in performance conventions and a lame, formulaic repetition of tired tropes, we need a director who dares to look beyond the perfect and preconceived ideas.  <br><br>Now that Eirik Stub\u00f8, together with set and costume designer Magdalena \u00c5berg and lighting designer Ellen Ruge, has taken on *Tosca*, he\u2019s approaching it the same way he approaches other plays\u2014namely, as if it were the first time they were being staged. Eirik is a theater director who always cuts right to the bone in the texts he tackles to see what\u2019s actually there. It\u2019s not so much a method as it is an approach. In a conversation many years ago, he said that the most magical moment for him is meeting the actors at the first reading\u2014the first day of rehearsals\u2014when everyone sits around a table and reads the play. That moment when all doors are still open and anything can happen. He tries to hold on to that stripped-down experience and removes elements rather than adding them. There is no directorial concept in the sense of applying a interpretive framework that deals with something other than what is actually described in the text and music.  <br><br>This approach creates a distilled and clear version of the timeless classic *Tosca*. Does it say anything new? Not necessarily, but the plot is presented in a stark light that strikes the audience with all its brutality and relentlessness. As an audience, we not only understand that this is about us as human beings\u2014we are given the opportunity to experience it through more channels than just the purely intellectual ones. From that perspective, the search for something new turns out to be a banal and shallow ambition in relation to what already exists within the work itself.  <br><br>It\u2019s so wonderful that the Norrlandsoperan and the Folkoperan have co-produced this particular production, and I\u2019m so happy that it will now be presented to audiences in Ume\u00e5.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\"><strong>Dan Turd\u00e9n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  px-sm-8 pe-lg-32 ps-lg-0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h2 my-24 my-md-32 my-lg-48  no-bottom-line content-animation\">Plot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f\" class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion no-accordion accordion accordion-flush row w-100 m-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f-0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f-0\"><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">ACT I<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f-0\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">The story is set in Rome in June of the year 1800. The short-lived free republic has been overthrown, and conservative forces loyal to the king have regained power. Queen Maria-Carolina rules Rome with the support of Austria. Meanwhile, French forces led by Napoleon Bonaparte have advanced into northern Italy, and supporters of the ideals of the Revolution are quietly welcoming him.<br>At the Church of Sant\u2019Andrea della Valle<br>Cesare Angelotti, the former consul of the now-overthrown Roman Republic, has escaped from prison. He seeks refuge in the church of Sant\u2019Andrea della Valle, where his sister, the Marquise Attavanti, has hidden a disguise for his escape in the family chapel.<br>Inside the church, the artist Mario Cavaradossi is working on a painting depicting Mary Magdalene. He tells the sacristan that the portrait was inspired by a woman he saw praying in the church.<br>Angelotti recognizes his friend Cavaradossi, who is also a like-minded Republican. Just then, Cavaradossi\u2019s lover, the singer Floria Tosca, arrives, and Angelotti hides. Tosca is jealous. She recognizes the woman in the painting as the Marquise Attavanti. Cavaradossi calms Tosca down, and they agree to meet later that evening.<br>Warned by a cannon shot from the castle, Cavaradossi and Angelotti flee the church just before Police Chief Baron Scarpia arrives. He finds the fan that Attavanti had left behind as part of his brother\u2019s disguise. Scarpia also recognizes the Marquise in Cavaradossi\u2019s painting and suspects that the artist is involved in the escape.<br>Tosca returns to the church to tell Cavaradossi that she has been asked to sing at the royal ball. Scarpia uses the evidence\u2014the sunburst feather that was found\u2014to fan the flames of her jealousy. She sets out to confront Cavaradossi. Scarpia triumphs over the dual opportunity to hang the escaped rebel and, at the same time, drive Tosca into his own arms. At the same time, the news of the royalists\u2019 alleged victory over Napoleon\u2019s army at Marengo is celebrated with a Te Deum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image  block-img-figcaption has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"width:1500px;height:1000px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A7445_NY_webb-1024x683.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A7445_NY_webb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A7445_NY_webb-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A7445_NY_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A7445_NY_webb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><div class=\" fig-caption-block-img bg-undefined\"><p class=\"m-0 p-8\">Photo: Elin Berge<\/p><\/div><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f-1\"><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">ACT II<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f-1\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">At Palazzo Farnese<br>Scarpia is waiting for news about the escaped prisoner. He is also awaiting Tosca, who is to arrive at the palace to sing at the celebration held to mark the victory over Napoleon. Cavaradossi is brought in but refuses to reveal where Angelotti is hiding. Tosca arrives at the palace, and Cavaradossi is taken for questioning.<br>Scarpia tries to force Tosca to reveal where Angelotti is hiding while Cavaradossi is being tortured in the next room. Tosca can\u2019t bear it any longer and reveals Angelotti\u2019s hiding place. They are interrupted by the news that the reports of victory are false. It is Napoleon who has won at Marengo. Cavaradossi rejoices, and Scarpia orders that he be executed.<br>Tosca pleads for her lover\u2019s life. Scarpia tells her she can save Cavaradossi if she gives herself to him. Tosca accepts the terms. Scarpia orders a mock execution of Cavaradossi and signs a pass granting them safe passage out of Rome. When Scarpia embraces Tosca, she stabs him in the chest with a knife, and he dies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image  block-img-figcaption has-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"width:1500px;height:1000px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8114_webb-1024x683.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8114_webb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8114_webb-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8114_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8114_webb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><div class=\" fig-caption-block-img bg-undefined\"><p class=\"m-0 p-8\">Photo: Elin Berge<\/p><\/div><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f-2\"><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">ACT III<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f-2\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-653f80b3-78cc-4982-ad81-90c578a3d10f\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h5 no-bottom-line content-animation\">Act III<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">On the roof of Castel Sant\u2019Angelo<br\/>, Cavaradossi awaits his execution. He asks the prison guard to let him write a farewell note to his beloved.<br\/>Tosca arrives and reveals that she has killed Scarpia. She explains that the execution will be a staged charade and shows the pass that will take them away from Rome toward a future life of freedom.<br\/>When the soldiers fire their rifles, it becomes clear that Scarpia has not kept his promise. Cavaradossi is shot to death. Police officers arrive to arrest Tosca for the murder of Scarpia.<br\/>The opera ends on a dramatic E-flat minor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image  block-img-figcaption\" style=\"width:1500px;height:1000px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8446_NY_webb-1024x683.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8446_NY_webb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8446_NY_webb-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8446_NY_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8446_NY_webb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><div class=\" fig-caption-block-img bg-undefined\"><p class=\"m-0 p-8\">Photo: Elin Berge<\/p><\/div><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  px-sm-8 pe-lg-32 ps-lg-0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h2 my-24 my-md-32 my-lg-48  no-bottom-line content-animation\">A Conversation with Director Eirik Stub\u00f8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"no-accordion-15f35e37-1f16-45e2-8039-64ab28a9e2f3\" class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion no-accordion accordion accordion-flush row w-100 m-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" 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lot.\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image  block-img-figcaption has-yellow-color has-text-color\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb-819x1024.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb-240x300.jpg 240w\" class=\" object-fit-none object-position-center\"><div class=\" fig-caption-block-img bg-undefined\"><p class=\"m-0 p-8\">Photo: Peter H\u00e5llsten<\/p><\/div><\/picture>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\"><strong>Following a critically acclaimed run at Folkoperan, it is finally Norrlandsoperan\u2019s turn to present <em>*Tosca<\/em>*. And when director Eirik Stub\u00f8\u2019s version of the beloved Puccini opera takes the stage in Ume\u00e5, it is the strings that set the tone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\"><em>By: Jonas Pekkari<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In a nutshell: What is *Tosca* about?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 Tosca is an explosive mix of art, love, erotic obsession, and wonderful music by a brilliant composer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Is it possible to pick a favorite moment in the performance?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 It\u2019s almost like asking, \u201cWhich of your children do you love the most?\u201d\u2014you don\u2019t even want to think about it. But Tosca somehow culminates with everything coming together in <em>\u201cVissi d\u2019arte, <\/em>\u201d <em>the <\/em>famous aria at the end of the second act. That\u2019s where all the threads of the play come together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It\u2019s a co-production between Folkoperan and Norrlandsoperan, but does the production differ in any way between the two opera houses?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 Musically speaking, there was no string section at Folkoperan. There, Henrik Schaefer created a fantastic arrangement for wind instruments. Here at Norrlandsoperan, a string section has been added, and it\u2019s really fun to experience the music as fully as we do here\u2014a wonderful orchestra! But there are more differences; Folkoperan and Norrlandsoperan are two very different venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How does that come across in the performance?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 At Folkoperan, there\u2019s no orchestra pit, so the orchestra has to be on stage. If the production had started here at Norrlandsoperan, the orchestra would most likely have been in the orchestra pit\u2014but now we had to find another solution. It turned out very well, and we carried that basic idea forward and adapted it to the conditions at Norrlandsoperan. Having the orchestra on stage adds so much to the performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In what way?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 That element of live music becomes so palpable when the orchestra is gathered on stage. It\u2019s a constant reminder that this isn\u2019t naturalism\u2014it\u2019s something else: a ritual, a way of telling a story through music and acting, where everything is on the same level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image  block-img-figcaption has-yellow-color has-text-color\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8250_NY_webb-1024x683.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8250_NY_webb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8250_NY_webb-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8250_NY_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A8250_NY_webb-300x200.jpg 300w\" class=\" object-fit-none object-position-center\"><div class=\" fig-caption-block-img bg-undefined\"><p class=\"m-0 p-8\">Photo: Elin Berge<\/p><\/div><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  px-sm-8 pe-lg-32 ps-lg-0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h2 my-24 my-md-32 my-lg-48  no-bottom-line content-animation\">Tosca in the Stormy Winds of History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"no-accordion-75c19723-7b75-425d-85dd-3210ef686624\" class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion no-accordion accordion accordion-flush row w-100 m-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-75c19723-7b75-425d-85dd-3210ef686624-0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-75c19723-7b75-425d-85dd-3210ef686624-0\"><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Tosca in the Stormy Winds of History<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-75c19723-7b75-425d-85dd-3210ef686624-0\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-75c19723-7b75-425d-85dd-3210ef686624\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h5 my-24 my-md-32 my-lg-48  no-bottom-line content-animation\"><br>by Cecilia D\u00fcringer<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image  block-img-figcaption\" style=\"width:1500px;height:1000px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A7780_WEBB-1024x683.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A7780_WEBB.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A7780_WEBB-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A7780_WEBB-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_tosca_260320_0Y7A7780_WEBB-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><div class=\" fig-caption-block-img bg-undefined\"><p class=\"m-0 p-8\">Photo: Elin Berge<\/p><\/div><\/picture>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things are really chaotic. Yes, in <em>*Tosca*<\/em>, of course, but there\u2019s also widespread turmoil in the world surrounding the opera\u2019s plot. A struggle for the future is in full swing. The setting for <em>Tosca<\/em> is Rome, a city we tend to associate more with the past than with looking toward the future. History echoes around every corner of the Eternal City. A stroller who pricks up their ears can hear two-thousand-year-old whispers about the mighty Roman Empire, listen to the beating heart of the Catholic Church, and sense the long cavalcade of celebrities who have made the city their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the year 1800, things are looking grim. The Roman Republic has just fallen\u2014and after a statement like that, maybe someone who actually paid attention in history class will perk up, raise their hand, and ask in astonishment, <em>\u201cHuh?\u201d <\/em>\u201cThe Roman Republic\u2014what does that have to do with the 1800s? That\u2019s ancient history! <em>Right<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, that&#8217;s right. The First Roman Republic was part of the ancient world for several hundred years. Around the beginning of our era, however, it was gradually worn down by power-hungry men like Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Tiberius and transformed into an empire. Although, of course, that\u2019s not  <em>that<\/em>  the Roman Republic, which is floundering in  <em>Toscas<\/em>  periphery, but rather another, of a significantly more modern nature. Much may have changed between the days of antiquity and the early 19th century. But one thing remains the same: the power struggles. And to understand the historical background of Puccini\u2019s opera, one needs to take a closer look at the political turmoil that characterized much of Europe at this time\u2014and get to know at least one power-hungry man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the year 1800, it had not been long since the great revolution\u2014with liberty, equality, and fraternity on the agenda\u2014had shaken France. In the upheaval that was to sweep away the old world, the heads of royalty rolled. These shocking developments caused monarchs across Europe to 1. tremble with fear in their palaces and 2. take up arms against the strange new order in France and the radical ideas that had been part of the great upheaval. The ideas of the Enlightenment, that is. Philosophical and political visions of ways to govern other than through royal autocracy, of freedom of speech, and of being allowed to find happiness in one\u2019s own way. These were the ideas that renowned authors such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Olympe de Gouges, and Mary Wollstonecraft had thoroughly explored in their writings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the 18th century draws to a close and the new century begins, the French Revolution is, for the time being, over. Amid the chaos that, after several turbulent years, eventually degenerated into a reign of terror, a gentleman from Corsica had worked his way up, built a military career, and established himself at the pinnacle of politics. He is a member of the lower nobility, perhaps not much to look at, but a brilliant strategist and commander. It will still be a while before he proclaims himself emperor, but by 1800, the military genius Napoleon Bonaparte is, in all but name, the leader of France. And if you were to ask him yourself, you might get the answer that he is also the strongman of all of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Napoleon&#8217;s armies have achieved great successes in  <em>Toscas<\/em>  a world that would one day become Italy but which, at that time, was a patchwork of various small principalities. A few years earlier, the French had marched into the region, and Napoleon conquered vast territories with astonishing efficiency. Among other places, Naples and Rome came under French control\u2014and were subjected to a new order. Out went the old, conservative, and repressive autocracy, and in came a modern form of government guided by the ideas of the Enlightenment. Voil\u00e0: the Roman Republic was born. It pursued the fugitive in  <em>Tosca<\/em>, Cesare Angelotti, was one of its consuls. Mario Cavaradossi, who in the opera gives his life to protect Angelotti, is also a friend of the New World. The beautiful-voiced Floria Tosca herself seems more inclined to side with the conservative camp due to her deep devotion to the Church, but with a firm grip on a fruit knife, she will show that love ultimately trumps any political sympathies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France is one of the major political players in <em>Tosca\u2019s<\/em> world. Another is the Austrian Empire, which rules over certain Italian states and is allied with others. The Austrians have, aside from the obvious geopolitical reasons, many reasons to want to put the French in their place. For example, there is the tragic story of Marie Antoinette, the Austrian princess who became Queen of France and met her end at the guillotine. Marie Antoinette belonged to the Habsburg imperial dynasty, and it is still her close relatives who rule in Austria and its vassal states.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the great powers, there is a third power: the Catholic Church and the Pope. By the year 1800, Rome had been the Papal States for over a thousand years\u2014an independent kingdom with its own laws and armies. The head of the Papal States<s>,<\/s>  is the Pope. A man who by no means welcomed the French Revolution or the ideas of the Enlightenment. One of the revolutionaries\u2019 first moves was to tighten their grip on the Church and the clergy in the country, and it\u2019s probably not too far-fetched to assume that the leader of Catholicism absolutely did not want to see such a development spread. But with the wars that followed the Revolution\u2014and which later came to be waged under Napoleon\u2019s command\u2014the papal nightmare risked becoming a reality. And that was not all. God\u2019s foremost emissary on earth was thus ousted from his spiritual and temporal seat when the French occupied Rome in 1798 and the emblem of the Papal States was replaced by the tricolor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the then-elderly pope was forced to end both his career and his life in French captivity, Rome was transformed from an outdated theocracy into a modern republic. But the republic was short-lived, and in 1800, when  <em>Tosca  <\/em>In the story, the Church\u2019s loyalists have regained power with the help of Austria and its allies. There is no pope in place yet, but society has been thrown back into reactionary religious rule\u2014indeed, almost a police state, with strict control over the population. Being an Enlightenment thinker and reading Voltaire is once again fraught with great danger. Anyone who has also associated with the French\u2014or worse still, like Angelotti, held positions in the fallen Roman Republic\u2014is branded an enemy of the state by the heavy-handed regime and its henchmen. People like the sadistic police chief Scarpia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah, like I said: it&#8217;s a mess. And it&#8217;s only going to get more complicated. Before <em>Tosca&#8217;s<\/em>  Once this intense action is over, the dice must be rolled once more and the game board reset. In the opera\u2019s first act, we hear about the Battle of Marengo in northwestern Italy, where French troops clash with Austrian forces. Napoleon Bonaparte has put his men through a veritable ordeal, marching them across the Alps. When the exhausted soldiers arrive in Italy, the Austrian general Michael von Melas seizes the opportunity to launch an attack\u2014and the French don\u2019t stand a chance. They are driven back so decisively that the Austrians undoubtedly emerge as the victors. News is quickly sent to Rome, causing conservative forces to rejoice that the wretched Bonaparte\u2019s forces have been virtually annihilated. But as we all know, you shouldn\u2019t count your chickens before they\u2019re hatched. In the opera\u2019s second act, new news arrives. At Marengo, General Melas gets a real wake-up call when Napoleon\u2019s troops are unexpectedly reinforced by fresh soldiers. With a shock and a crash, the balance of power shifts, and the next courier setting off for Rome carries a message entirely different from the first\u2014namely, that the Battle of Marengo, which was thought to have been won, has in fact been lost. The Austrian garrison that had guaranteed Rome\u2019s security had fallen, and at any moment Napoleon\u2019s soldiers were likely to march in and restore the republic\u2014much to the horror of the conservatives, but to the delight of the republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, that is not exactly how it turns out. No new Roman Republic is proclaimed. Instead, weapons are exchanged for diplomacy, and Rome remains under the rule of the Papal States, though it must accept that Napoleon and the French dictate certain terms. Men like Scarpia can no longer rule through terror, and the city\u2019s Enlightenment enthusiasts and republicans can, at least in private circles, speak and think freely. Perhaps not quite the dream that Angelotti cherished and died for, but still a step forward in the small state dominated by perhaps the world\u2019s most reactionary leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does this mean that calm can now settle over Rome and the Italian states? No, one cannot say that. Fifteen years later, Napoleon finally falls at Waterloo, and after that, Austria advances its positions once again. Italy remains, as before, a motley mosaic of different states, populated by ordinary Italians who do not yet call themselves or identify as Italians, and who are by no means in agreement on the best path forward. There is certainly no consensus on the Apennine Peninsula. The various small states all have their own governments, their own jurisdictions, and their own economies. They are linked to some extent by religion, but culturally, the divides are vast. The same is true linguistically. The dialects spoken in the various states or regions can be so different from one another that they are practically distinct languages. Communicating across borders is therefore difficult, which does not exactly bode well for joint political projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, just seven decades later, through long and tortuous struggles and processes, the country would be forged into a unified state. The patchwork quilt was unstitched and sewn together to form the Kingdom of Italy through the so-called Il Risorgimento, the unification of Italy, completed in 1870. And it is in the wake of this unification that the play <em>*La Tosca*<\/em>  written by the French playwright Victorien Sardou. It was panned by critics but became a huge box-office hit, starring superstar Sarah Bernhardt as Floria Tosca. The play was then adapted into Puccini\u2019s opera and premiered shortly after New Year\u2019s Day 1900, in a Rome where calm was still conspicuous by its absence. The premiere was dramatically postponed until the following day when the opera house, the Teatro Costanzi, received a bomb threat from anarchists. For, as everyone knows, the political turmoil in Europe did not end with the 19th century. All the historical turmoil that forms the backdrop to both the opera\u2019s plot and its premiere carries over into the 20th century, and continues to make itself felt all the way into our own, equally turbulent times. Which means that  <em>&#8220;Tosca<\/em> &#8221; remains relevant. Power struggles, passion, and dreams of freedom are things we humans can always relate to\u2014and will probably never tire of.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-container nb-container container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-slider nb-slider position-relative\"><div class=\"swiper slider-swiper position-static \" data-pagination-color=\"\" id=\"a0eacb4f-36ec-4174-bee2-c63511295c96\"><span class=\"swiper-data\"><\/span><div class=\"swiper-wrapper align-items-center \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-slider-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"nb-responsive-height overflow-hidden\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"swiper-module-wrapper d-flex  \"><div class=\"swiper-navigation swiper-button-prev  swiper-button-prev-a0eacb4f-36ec-4174-bee2-c63511295c96\"><span class=\"nb-icon has--color\"><span class=\"nb-responsive-font-size icon-size icon-\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><div style=\"; 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;\" class=\"swiper-pagination position-relative d-flex flex-row align-items-center bottom-0     swiper-pagination-698080fa-9f21-4ddd-a7fc-ce868afabc04\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-navigation swiper-button-next  swiper-button-next-698080fa-9f21-4ddd-a7fc-ce868afabc04\"><span class=\"nb-icon has--color\"><span class=\"nb-responsive-font-size icon-size icon-\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-container nb-container container\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class='tab-pane fade' id='tab-medverkande-content' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='nav-medverkande-tab' tabindex='0'>\n        <div class='tab-content accordion accordion-flush' id='nav-medverkande-content'>\n              <div class='tab-pane fade show active accordion-item no-program-item-accordion' id='tab-medverkande-25362-content' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='nav-medverkande-tab-25362' tabindex='0'>\n            <div id='collapse-25362' class='accordion-collapse collapse d-block' aria-labelledby='heading-25362' data-bs-parent='#nav-medverkande-content'>\n                <div class='no-program-item-accordion-body accordion-body'>\n                \n<h3 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h3\">The Music<\/h3>\n\n<div id=\"no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43\" class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion no-accordion accordion accordion-flush row w-100 m-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GiacomoPuccini-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Music: Giacomo Puccini\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Music: Giacomo Puccini<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-0\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Giacomo Puccini (1858\u20131924) was one of the leading Italian opera composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Puccini\u2019s operas are characterized by a romantic and melodic style, filled with lyrical arias and dramatic moments. His music reflects the Italian operatic tradition\u2019s focus on characters, emotions, and visual effects. Puccini is considered one of the foremost representatives of late Italian Romantic opera, and <em>*Tosca*<\/em> remains one of the most beloved operas of all time.<br\/><br\/>In addition to <em>Tosca<\/em>, some of Puccini\u2019s best-known works include <em>La Boh\u00e8me, Madame Butterfly<\/em>, and his final masterpiece: <em>Turandot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Illica.jpg\" alt=\"Libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giocosa, based on the play *La Tosca* by Victorien Sardou.\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giocosa, based on the play *La Tosca* by Victorien Sardou.<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-1\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Puccini\u2019s collaboration with the librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa was one of the most successful in the entire history of Italian opera. Although Illica and Giacosa are primarily remembered for their work with Puccini, each of them also had an active career in his own right. The libretto for *Tosca* is based on the <em>1887 <\/em>play <em>*La Tosca <\/em>*.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tuvalisa-1_webb-1.jpg\" alt=\"Translation: Tuvalisa Rangstr\u00f6m\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Translation: Tuvalisa Rangstr\u00f6m<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-2\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Tuvalisa Rangstr\u00f6m is a prominent Swedish translator. She has translated a large number of librettos, novels, short stories, and poetry by authors such as Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Haruki Murakami, and Marguerite Duras. Rangstr\u00f6m is known for her skillful and lyrical translations that capture the style and tone of the original work\u2014a skill that was put to the test in her translation of the libretto for the opera *Tosca* from the original Italian into Swedish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/David-Bjorkman.-Foto-Peter-Hallsten.jpg\" alt=\"Orchestral arrangement: David Bj\u00f6rkman\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Orchestral arrangement: David Bj\u00f6rkman<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43-3\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-94952a2f-65ad-4939-83f5-31e4a40acc43\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">David Bj\u00f6rkman is a prominent conductor, born in Skellefte\u00e5 in 1973, who studied violin at the Gothenburg Academy of Music. Before switching to conducting in 1999, he worked as a violinist with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and as concertmaster here at the Norrlands Opera. He studied conducting for five years at the Royal College of Music under the world-renowned Professor Jorma Panula and took private lessons with Esa-Pekka Salonen, as well as with Maestro Sixten Ehrling in New York. As chief conductor of the Life Guard\u2019s Dragoon Band (2016\u201320), he has recorded numerous significant Swedish works over the years. David has devoted a large part of his career to contemporary art music. He has been responsible for nearly fifty world premieres, including orchestral works as well as ballets and music dramas. Among the latter are world premieres by Sven-David Sandstr\u00f6m, Paula af Malmborg Ward, Daniel Nelson, Ming Tsao, Marie Samuelsson, Johan Ull\u00e9n, and Moto Osada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\" style=\"width:1300px;height:867px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/David-Bjorkman.-Foto-Peter-Hallsten-1024x683.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/David-Bjorkman.-Foto-Peter-Hallsten.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/David-Bjorkman.-Foto-Peter-Hallsten-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/David-Bjorkman.-Foto-Peter-Hallsten-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/David-Bjorkman.-Foto-Peter-Hallsten-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h3 mt-32\">Artistic Team<\/h3>\n\n<div id=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe\" class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion no-accordion accordion accordion-flush row w-100 m-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henrik-Schaefer_DSC04766_webb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Conductor: Henrik Schaefer\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Conductor: Henrik Schaefer<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-0\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  py-32\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Henrik Schaefer is the music director of Folkoperan Stockholm and the principal guest conductor and artistic advisor to the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a regular guest conductor at opera houses and with symphony orchestras around the world, where he has proven himself to be a dedicated partner with strong musical ideas. He began his conducting career as an assistant to Claudio Abbado with the Berlin Philharmonic and served as music director of the Gothenburg Opera from 2013 to 2020.<br\/>Henrik Schaefer also holds the position of associate professor of orchestral conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrikschaefer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-button nb-btn nb-btn-secondary bg-white px-24 py-12 px-lg-32 py-lg-16 text-black bg-hover-black text-hover-white\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-width:2px;border-color:black\"><span class=\"nb-button-overlay\"><\/span><span class=\"nb-btn-text\">Learn more about Henrik Schaefer<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-row nb-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column col-6\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henrik-Schaefer_DSC04766_webb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henrik-Schaefer_DSC04766_webb.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henrik-Schaefer_DSC04766_webb-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henrik-Schaefer_DSC04766_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henrik-Schaefer_DSC04766_webb-240x300.jpg 240w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Martin_Thorell_DSC04803_webb_kvadrat.jpg\" alt=\"Assistant Conductor: Martin Thorell\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Assistant Conductor: Martin Thorell<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-1\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  py-32\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Martin Thorell began his studies in orchestral conducting in 2022 at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where his primary teachers have been Henrik Schaefer and B. Tommy Andersson. As part of his education, he has conducted several prominent orchestras, including the G\u00e4vle Symphony Orchestra, the Norrk\u00f6ping Symphony Orchestra, the V\u00e4ster\u00e5s Sinfonietta, and the Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra. He has also held professional conducting engagements with ensembles such as the Swedish Navy Band, the Stockholm Wind Symphony, the \u00d6stg\u00f6ta Wind Symphony, and the Stockholm Youth Symphony Orchestra (SUSO). This spring, he will join Henrik Schaefer as a conductor in both the Norrlandsoperan and Folkoperan productions of *Tosca*.<br><br>In addition to his career as a conductor, Martin is an established trumpeter. He began his studies in 2012 at the Malm\u00f6 Academy of Music under Professor H\u00e5kan Hardenberger and has since performed with many of Sweden\u2019s leading symphony orchestras. In addition to his commitment to opera and the symphonic repertoire, he has a special interest in military music and has been employed since 2019 as a trumpeter with the Life Guard\u2019s Dragoon Band, one of the Swedish Armed Forces\u2019 three professional wind ensembles.<br><br>In 2025, Martin Thorell was awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Music\u2019s National Scholarship for Orchestral Conductors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image  block-img-figcaption has-gray-500-color has-text-color\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Martin_Thorell_DSC04803_webb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Martin_Thorell_DSC04803_webb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Martin_Thorell_DSC04803_webb-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Martin_Thorell_DSC04803_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Martin_Thorell_DSC04803_webb-300x200.jpg 300w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><div class=\" fig-caption-block-img bg-undefined\"><p class=\"m-0 p-8\">Martin Thorell, photo by Peter H\u00e5llsten<\/p><\/div><\/picture>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-row nb-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column col-6\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Director: Eirik Stub\u00f8\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Director: Eirik Stub\u00f8<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-2\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erik Stub\u00f8 is a theater and opera director who has made a name for himself with his innovative and thought-provoking productions. He has directed numerous productions at leading theaters in the Nordic region, including the National Theater in Oslo, the Royal Opera in Stockholm, and Dramaten in Stockholm. He made his debut in Sweden as an opera director with Bellini\u2019s <em>*Norma*<\/em> at the Folkoperan in 2022, a debut production that was praised by both audiences and critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to his work as a director, Stub\u00f8 is also active as a teacher and lecturer. He has taught directing at several universities and conservatories in the Nordic countries. Stub\u00f8 is considered one of the leading Norwegian performing artists of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eirik-Stubo_DSC04599_webb-240x300.jpg 240w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Magdalena_Aberg_kvadrat.jpg\" alt=\"Set and Costume Designer: Magdalena \u00c5berg\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Set and Costume Designer: Magdalena \u00c5berg<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-3\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  py-32\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Magdalena \u00c5berg is a set and costume designer working in theater, opera, dance, and circus. She has worked at several of the Nordic region\u2019s leading performing arts institutions, including the Royal Swedish Opera, Dramaten, Malm\u00f6 Opera, Folkoperan, and Det Norske Teatret in Oslo. She trained at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.  <br>In the field of opera, she has designed sets and costumes for *La traviata*, *Aida*, *Stiffelio*, *Un ballo in maschera*, *Idomeneo*, *Sweeney Todd*, and *A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream* at the Royal Swedish Opera, as well as *Madame Butterfly* and *Cos\u00ec fan tutte* at Opera Hedeland in Denmark. At Malm\u00f6 Opera, she has designed sets and costumes for *Salome*, *Eugene Onegin*, and *Cirkus Days and Nights*. Notable productions also include *Norma* and *Tosca*, directed by Eirik Stub\u00f6 at Folkoperan, and *Herr Arnes Penningar*, directed by Tobias Theorell. She has collaborated repeatedly with director Tobias Theorell on *Bortbytingen* at Dramaten, where she has also designed sets and costumes for productions including *Arv*, *De oroliga*, *Det bl\u00e5ser p\u00e5 m\u00e5nen*, and *P\u00e5kl\u00e4daren*.  At Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm, she has designed sets and costumes for *Monstrens tid*, *Orosdanser*, *Tre systrar*, and others.<br>In the field of dance, \u00c5berg has collaborated with Mats Ek on the ballet <em>*Julia &#038; Romeo*<\/em> at the Royal Swedish Opera, which has toured around the world, and with \u00d6rjan Andersson on <em>*Arches of Frost*<\/em> for the Compa\u00f1\u00eda Nacional de Danza in Madrid.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-row nb-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Magdalena_Aberg.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Magdalena_Aberg.jpg 480w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Magdalena_Aberg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Magdalena_Aberg-225x300.jpg 225w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-4\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ellen_Ruge_Per_Maning_1x1.jpg\" alt=\"Lighting: Ellen Ruge\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Lighting: Ellen Ruge<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-4\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ellen Ruge is a lighting designer specializing in the performing arts, with 40 years of experience working on some 100 productions in opera, theater, and dance\u2014both in Sweden and abroad. She was awarded the 2020 Swedish Theater Critics\u2019 Award for lighting design for Norrlandsoperan\u2019s <em>*Don Giovanni<\/em>*, Malm\u00f6 City Theater\u2019s <em>*Halva m\u00e5nen<\/em> *, and the productions <em>*\u00d6verbord*<\/em> and <em>*R\u00f6de Orm<\/em>*. Ellen Ruge received the Norwegian HEDDA Theater Award for Best Lighting Design in 2009 and His Majesty the King\u2019s Medal with a Royal Blue Ribbon for outstanding achievements in lighting design. She regularly collaborates with director Eirik Stub\u00f8 on opera and theater productions throughout Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ellenruge.se\/\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-button nb-btn nb-btn-secondary bg-white px-24 py-12 px-lg-32 py-lg-16 text-black bg-hover-black text-hover-white\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-width:2px;border-color:black\"><span class=\"nb-button-overlay\"><\/span><span class=\"nb-btn-text\">Learn more about Ellen Ruge<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-5\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Anders-Lundstrom_0Y7A5550_webb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Choir Director: Anders Lundstr\u00f6m\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Choir Director: Anders Lundstr\u00f6m<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-5\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anders Lundstr\u00f6m is a singer and chorus master at the Norrlands Opera. He studied at the Pite\u00e5 School of Music and the Stockholm Opera Academy. He made his debut in 1991 at the Folkoperan in Stockholm and has since performed at opera houses in Sweden and on stages abroad. In 2017, Anders Lundstr\u00f6m took on the role of chorus master and singer at the Norrlands Opera, where he has appeared in a number of productions, including the role of Gastone in <em>*La Traviata*.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Anders-Lundstrom_0Y7A5550_webb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Anders-Lundstrom_0Y7A5550_webb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Anders-Lundstrom_0Y7A5550_webb-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Anders-Lundstrom_0Y7A5550_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Anders-Lundstrom_0Y7A5550_webb-300x240.jpg 300w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-6\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lotta-Kuisma_0Y7A4989_webb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Children&#039;s Choir Director: Lotta Kuisma\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Children&#8217;s Choir Director: Lotta Kuisma<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe-6\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-b2f6bade-7496-407c-b9b9-8b0fd95775fe\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lotta holds degrees from the Academy of Music in Gothenburg and Opera Studio 67 in Stockholm. Since 2011, Lotta has been the choir director for the Norrlandsoperan Children\u2019s Choir, where she is responsible for the choir\u2019s vocal development and artistic quality. Lotta conceived and founded the choir, which has since participated in a number of opera productions and concerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lotta-Kuisma_0Y7A4989_webb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lotta-Kuisma_0Y7A4989_webb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lotta-Kuisma_0Y7A4989_webb-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lotta-Kuisma_0Y7A4989_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lotta-Kuisma_0Y7A4989_webb-300x221.jpg 300w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h3 mt-32\">Ensemble<\/h3>\n\n<div id=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca\" class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion no-accordion accordion accordion-flush row w-100 m-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Denise-Beck.-Foto-Neda-Navae-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Floria Tosca: D\u00e9nise Beck\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Floria Tosca: D\u00e9nise Beck<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-0\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  py-32\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Danish star soprano D\u00e9nise Beck began her career in Vienna in 2009 after completing her studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts. In 2011, she graduated from the soloist class at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen.<br\/>Since then, she has appeared in a succession of roles in opera productions at many of the world\u2019s leading opera houses, including the Oslo Opera, the Berlin State Opera, Opera City Tokyo, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, the Teatro Nacional Cl\u00e1udio Santoro in Brazil, and many others. In 2021, D\u00e9nise Beck was knighted by Queen Margrethe II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/crescendiartists.com\/portfolio\/denise-beck\/\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-button nb-btn nb-btn-secondary bg-white px-24 py-12 px-lg-32 py-lg-16 text-black bg-hover-black text-hover-white\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-width:2px;border-color:black\"><span class=\"nb-button-overlay\"><\/span><span class=\"nb-btn-text\">Learn more about D\u00e9nise Beck<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-row nb-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column col-6\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Denise-Beck.-Foto-Neda-Navae-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Denise-Beck.-Foto-Neda-Navae-scaled.jpg 2027w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Denise-Beck.-Foto-Neda-Navae-811x1024.jpg 811w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Denise-Beck.-Foto-Neda-Navae-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Denise-Beck.-Foto-Neda-Navae-238x300.jpg 238w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Per-Lindstrom_DSC04680_webb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Cavaradossi, painter: Per Lindstr\u00f6m\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Mario Cavaradossi, painter: Per Lindstr\u00f6m<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-1\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tenor Per Lindstr\u00f6m studied at the Kapellsberg Opera Studio and the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg. Even while still a student, he performed roles such as Don Jos\u00e9 in <em>*Carmen*<\/em>, the title role in <em>*The Tales of Hoffmann*<\/em>, Tamino in <em>*The Magic Flute*<\/em>, Don Ottavio in <em>*Don Giovanni*<\/em>, and Gabriel von Eisenstein in <em>*Die Fledermaus<\/em>*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His previous roles also include a number of productions at the Norrlands Opera, such as Alfredo in <em>*La Traviata*<\/em>, Val\u00e8re\/The Young Lover in <em>*Tartuffe*<\/em>, and Molqi in <em>*The Death of Klinghoffer*.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/svenskakonsertbyran.se\/artists\/per-lindstrom\/?lang=sv\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-button nb-btn nb-btn-secondary bg-white px-24 py-12 px-lg-32 py-lg-16 text-black bg-hover-black text-hover-white\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-width:2px;border-color:black\"><span class=\"nb-button-overlay\"><\/span><span class=\"nb-btn-text\">Learn more about Per Lindstr\u00f6m<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Per-Lindstrom_DSC04680_webb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Per-Lindstrom_DSC04680_webb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Per-Lindstrom_DSC04680_webb-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Per-Lindstrom_DSC04680_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Per-Lindstrom_DSC04680_webb-240x300.jpg 240w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marcus_Jupither_webb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Baron Scarpia, Chief of the Police: Marcus Jupither\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Baron Scarpia, Chief of the Police: Marcus Jupither<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-2\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  py-32\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-row nb-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Marcus Jupither is one of Sweden\u2019s most sought-after singers of the past thirty years, with some 70 roles in his repertoire. He was born and raised in Stockholm and became captivated by opera at an early age<br><br>Marcus Jupither has appeared on the Norrlandsoperan stage several times before, including in the role of Leporello in <em>*Don Giovanni*<\/em> in 2020. His previous roles also include the title role in <em>*The Flying Dutchman*<\/em>, Alberich and Gunther in <em>*The Ring of the Nibelung*<\/em>, Klingsor in <em>*Parsifal*<\/em>, Barak in <em>*Die Frau ohne Schatten*<\/em>, Orest <em>in *Elektra*<\/em>, Scarpia in <em>*Tosca*<\/em>, the title role in <em>*Rigoletto*<\/em>, and <em>Macbeth<\/em>. Marcus made a highly acclaimed guest appearance in the spring of 2011 when\u2014on very short notice\u2014he stepped in as Alberich in <em>*Siegfried*<\/em> at L\u2019Op\u00e9ra Bastille in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-media nb-media position-relative nb-source-undefined has-overlay\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-media nb-media position-relative nb-source-undefined has-overlay\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-media nb-media position-relative nb-source-undefined has-overlay\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marcus-Jupither.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-button nb-btn nb-btn-secondary bg-white px-24 py-12 px-lg-32 py-lg-16 text-black bg-hover-black text-hover-white\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-width:2px;border-color:black\"><span class=\"nb-button-overlay\"><\/span><span class=\"nb-btn-text\">Learn more about Marcus Jupither<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marcus_Jupither_webb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marcus_Jupither_webb.jpg 363w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marcus_Jupither_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marcus_Jupither_webb-200x300.jpg 200w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gustav-Johansson_Fotograf-Andreas-Paulsson_webb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cesare Angelotti \/ A prison guard: Gustav Johansson\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Cesare Angelotti \/ A prison guard: Gustav Johansson<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-3\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustav Johansson is a bass who trained at the Opera Academy in Copenhagen, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, and Vadstena Folk High School. During the 2025\u201326 season, he is part of Folkoperan\u2019s Talent Program, where he will sing the roles of Angelotti and the Prison Guard in Giacomo Puccini\u2019s <em>*Tosca*<\/em> at Folkoperan and Norrlandsoperan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustav has appeared in a number of acclaimed productions throughout Scandinavia, including as a soloist in <em>Mozart\u2019s Requiem, as <\/em>Talbot in <em>Verdi\u2019s *Giovanna d\u2019Arco* <\/em>, as the Second Soldier in Strauss\u2019s <em>*Salome*<\/em><em> <\/em><em>, and<\/em> as \u201c<em> <\/em>\u201d in Bruckner\u2019s <em>*Te Deum* at <\/em>the Malm\u00f6 Opera. He has also performed at the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen in the opera <em>*The Nose* and<\/em> appeared in the Vadstena Academy\u2019s productions of <em>*Andefabriken*<\/em> by Daniel Nelson, <em>*Breaking the Waves*<\/em> by Missy Mazzoli, and <em>*Gluntarne*<\/em>by Gunnar Wennerberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gustav-Johansson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-button nb-btn nb-btn-secondary bg-white px-24 py-12 px-lg-32 py-lg-16 text-black bg-hover-black text-hover-white\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-width:2px;border-color:black\"><span class=\"nb-button-overlay\"><\/span><span class=\"nb-btn-text\">Learn more about Gustav Johansson<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gustav-Johansson_Fotograf-Andreas-Paulsson_webb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gustav-Johansson_Fotograf-Andreas-Paulsson_webb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gustav-Johansson_Fotograf-Andreas-Paulsson_webb-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gustav-Johansson_Fotograf-Andreas-Paulsson_webb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gustav-Johansson_Fotograf-Andreas-Paulsson_webb-200x300.jpg 200w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-4\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nicklas_Bjarnhall_Prytz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spoletta, policeman: Nicklas Bj\u00e4rnhall Prytz\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Spoletta, policeman: Nicklas Bj\u00e4rnhall Prytz<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-4\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicklas Bj\u00e4rnhall Prytz is a singer from Uppsala who has been praised for his \u201cwarm, lyrical tenor.\u201d In addition to his recently completed studies at the Stockholm Opera Academy, he has appeared in several professional productions. In June 2023, he appeared in a concert performance of the national opera <em>*Gustaf Wasa*<\/em> at the Stockholm Concert Hall, where he played the role of Sten Sture\u2019s shadow.  He later played Arturo in <em>*Lucia di Lammermoor*<\/em> at the Sk\u00e5nska Opera in the summer of 2024. In the spring of 2025, he portrayed the First Guard in <em>*The Magic Flute*<\/em> at the Folkoperan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nicklas_Bjarnhall_Prytz.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nicklas_Bjarnhall_Prytz.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nicklas_Bjarnhall_Prytz-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nicklas_Bjarnhall_Prytz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nicklas_Bjarnhall_Prytz-225x300.jpg 225w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-5\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Johan_Gummesson_webb.jpg\" alt=\"Sciarrone, police officer: Johan Gummesson\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Sciarrone, police officer: Johan Gummesson<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-5\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johan is a lyric baritone from southern Dalarna. He graduated from the Stockholm Opera Academy this past spring, and prior to that studied at the Falun Conservatory of Music. Among other things, he has appeared in Folkoperan\u2019s production of <em>*The Magic Flute*<\/em> in the spring of 2025, as well as L\u00e4ck\u00f6 Castle Opera\u2019s production of <em>*Fantasio*<\/em> in the summer of 2025. He was named the winner of the Dalasolist competition and has received scholarships such as the Seth Karlsson Scholarship and the Hillevi Martinpelto Scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Johan_Gummesson-scaled.jpeg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Johan_Gummesson-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Johan_Gummesson-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Johan_Gummesson-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Johan_Gummesson-200x300.jpeg 200w\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-6\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marcus-Bartolettis_Mykhailo_Fedorchenko_webb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A sacristan: Marcus Bartoletti\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">A sacristan: Marcus Bartoletti<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-6\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marcus Bartoletti graduated from the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg in 2023. He is a familiar face at the Norrlandsoperan; as early as 2021, he completed an internship there during the production of <em>*The Emperor\u2019s New Clothes*<\/em>, and since then, Bartoletti has returned to Ume\u00e5 in the role of Marcello in <em>*La Boh\u00e8me* and <\/em>is now back on stage in <em>*Tosca<\/em>*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the summer of 2022, he appeared in Opera p\u00e5 Sk\u00e4rets production of Verdi\u2019s <em>*Un ballo in maschera* in <\/em>the role of Cristiano\/Silvano. Marcus Bartoletti has, among other roles, played Bonzo\/Prince Yamadori in <em>*Madama Butterfly*<\/em> and the Bailiff in <em>*Werther*<\/em> at Opera p\u00e5 \u00d6sterbybruk, as well as Mercurio-Littore in <em>*L\u2019incoronazione di Poppea*<\/em> at Vattn\u00e4s Konsertlada. 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NO_kvadrat-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Norrlandsoperan Children&#039;s and Youth Choir  \"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">The Norrlandsoperan Children&#8217;s and Youth Choir  <\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca-10\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-5c3fdbfb-ae84-4de5-b230-4597b80f60ca\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agnes Wallsten, Alice Viberg, Alva Lundstr\u00f6m, Aria Charlotte Bartel, Astrid Simm, Eira Ky\u00f6sti Eriksson, Elisabeth Hillborg, Elliot Widinghoff, Elsa Gunnarsson, Enerie Lejon, Henny Brolin, Ingrid Bergelin, Lena Lyn\u00f6e, Leo Lindholm, Minou Eriksson, My Bj\u00f6rk, Nova Lander, Othilia Isaksson, Ronja Orrebo, Signe Hassl\u00f6v, Smilla Nystr\u00f6m, Sofia Rosendal, Stella Gr\u00f6ndahl, Tove Bj\u00f6rnehall, Ulisse Kuenen Trotto.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h3 mt-32\">The Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra<\/h3>\n\n<div id=\"no-accordion-302b3039-f5b3-4269-bfd4-c2e5734701fd\" class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion no-accordion accordion accordion-flush row w-100 m-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" 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class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-section nb-section position-relative  py-64 pt-md-64 pb-md-80 pt-lg-64 pb-lg-96 bg-white\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-container nb-container container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-row nb-row row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column  col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-row nb-row row  gy-64\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group d-flex flex-column d-lg-flex flex-lg-row column-gap-48 row-gap-24\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group d-flex flex-column row-gap-24\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h4\">First Concertmaster<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Anders Hjortvall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h4\">1st Alternate 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