Stardom, Songs and Scandals
Two of Sweden’s most beloved opera stars reveal the secrets of opera in a candid conversation with Anelia Kadieva Jonsson.
Information
Date: Tuesday 4 August
Time: 17:00
Location: Birgit Nilsson Museum
Birgit Nilsson Stiftelsen
Festival
Stardom, Songs and Scandals
When
4
August
Kl 17:00 - 18:00
Where
Birgit Nilsson Museum
Birgit Nilssons Väg 27
Båstad
Artists
Rickard Söderberg
tenor, director and well-known TV personality, affiliated with Malmö Opera where he has performed many roles and serves as mentor at the Opera Academy. He is also a driving force behind Kammaropera Syd, a board member of the Birgit Nilsson Society, sing-along leader and compère, and recipient of the Swedish Wagner Society scholarship.
Malena Ernman
international opera star and popular artist, who has sung leading roles on major stages across Europe and performed with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen. She also regularly partners with Ecstatic Ensemble and the baroque ensemble, L’Arpeggiata.
Anelia Kadieva Jonsson
is a trained director who has worked in the opera world for over 30 years, both in Sweden and Europe. She wrote the libretto for The Snow Queen (Malmö Opera, Royal Swedish Opera), has been editor of SVT’s Kontrapunkt and a presenter on SR P2. From the 2025/26 season she is dramaturge at Gothenburg Opera.
Tickets
1 ticket category: SEK 0
– Groups of more than 10 people can be booked via 046-2804550 or biljettbokning@juliusbiljettservice.se
– Wheelchair / companion seats can be booked via call center 0775-700 400
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