Göteborg Opera - Gothenburg
29 March 2024

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Platée

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Musical champagne in Gothenburg Opera’s production of Rameau’s Platée
23 Mar 24 / Seen and Heard
Der Fliegende Holländer

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

An intense and thrilling Flying Dutchman in Gothenburg
28 Feb 24 / Seen and Heard
Don Giovanni

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 2

Don Giovanni är en riktigt ful gubbe i både Göteborg och Stockholm – men i helt olika sceniska koncept
18 Dec 23 / Aftonbladet
Some baggage, but great singing in Gothenburg Opera’s Don Giovanni
12 Dec 23 / Seen and Heard
Mytomania

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

A chilling and thrilling world premiere shows the qualities of Gothenburg Opera
12 Oct 23 / Seen and Heard
Nabucco

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

The new Nabucco in Gothenburg was worth waiting for
5 Jun 23 / Seen and Heard
Märchen im Grand-Hotel

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

A rare chance from Gothenburg Opera to see Paul Abraham’s fairytale operetta
28 Apr 23 / Seen and Heard
Die Schweigsame Frau

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Swedish premiere for unjustly forgotten Die schweigsame Frau
8 Mar 23 / Seen and Heard
Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Hoffmann’s disturbing tales at Gothenburg Opera
28 Nov 22 / Bachtrack
The Bartered Bride

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Funny business and musical magic
3 Oct 22 / Seen and Heard
Rigoletto

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Rigoletto is a compelling psychological journey in Gothenburg
2 May 22 / Seen and Heard
Götterdämmerung

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Closing the circle of Gothenburg Opera’s magnificent Ring cycle
15 Dec 21 / Seen and Heard
Tosca

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

A dark and beautiful Tosca in Gothenburg
25 Oct 21 / Seen and Heard
Pierrot Lunaire

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Kerstin Avemo’s tour de force in Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire in Gothenborg
6 Oct 21 / Seen and Heard
Il barbiere di Siviglia

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Gothenburg’s new Barber is a love letter to the magic of live performance
9 Sep 21 / Seen and Heard
Siegfried

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 4

Göteborg Opera's gleaming new Siegfried, pandemic style
2 Apr 21 / Bachtrack
Endspiel alternder Helden
31 Mar 21 / concerti
Staging and singing in sync for the Ring’s scherzo
30 Mar 21 / The Arts Desk
Gothenburg’s shining Siegfried gloriously surmounts the challenges of producing opera in a pandemic
28 Mar 21 / Seen and Heard
Die Walküre

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 3

Un crime originel contre la nature
13 Jan 20 / Wanderer
Langridge’s gripping and moving Die Walküre in Gothenburg
10 Dec 19 / Seen and Heard
Wagners Empathie
4 Dec 19 / concerti
Trois fragments de Juliette

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 2

Un art de la couleur
25 Apr 19 / Forum Opéra
La Clé des songes & La voix humaine à Göteborg
20 Apr 19 / Olyrix
La voix humaine

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 2

Un art de la couleur
25 Apr 19 / Forum Opéra
La Clé des songes & La voix humaine à Göteborg
20 Apr 19 / Olyrix
Pagliacci

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

A unified verismo Cav and Pag double bill in Gothenburg
18 Feb 19 / Seen and Heard
Cavalleria Rusticana

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

A unified verismo Cav and Pag double bill in Gothenburg
18 Feb 19 / Seen and Heard
Gothenburg Opera’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ interrupted twice
Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi had to stop the performance of “Cavalleria Rusticana” not once, but twice because of separate incidents with indisposed persons in the audience.
Das Rheingold

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 3

This accomplished and at times revelatory start to his Ring sets up the coming catastrophes very nicely indeed
30 Nov 18 / Opera News
Göteborg embarque dans le Ring
26 Nov 18 / Olyrix
Revelatory Das Rheingold from Gothenburg Opera
26 Nov 18 / Seen and Heard
Madama Butterfly

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

An unmissable Madama Butterfly in Gothenburg
6 Sep 18 / Seen and Heard
The Monster in the Maze

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

The Monster in the Maze mesmerises young and old
6 Jun 18 / Seen and Heard
Il barbiere di Siviglia

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Farcical ‘Barbiere di qualità’ in Gothenburg
10 Apr 18 / Seen and Heard
Ariadne auf Naxos

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Highly entertaining Iolanthe from ENO
17 Feb 18 / Seen and Heard
Die Zauberflöte

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Mozart’s Magic Flute weaves its magic in Gothenburg
6 Apr 17 / Seen and Heard
Elektra

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Gothenburg Opera’s seamlessly executed Elektra
8 Feb 17 / Financial Times
Carmen

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

A Carmen that delivers on all counts
12 Dec 16 / Seen and Heard
Idomeneo

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

The music wins through in Mozart’s Idomeneo
27 Sep 16 / Seen and Heard
Macbeth

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Von Geistern und Gespenstern: düstere Wiederaufnahme von Macbeth an der Göteborger Oper
17 May 16 / Bachtrack (German)
Hamlet

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 3

An operatic Hamlet for our time
20 Apr 16 / Seen and Heard
Zwischen Wahnsinn und Realität
19 Apr 16 / Bachtrack (German)
Mais où sont passés les chanteurs français?
13 Apr 16 / Forum Opéra
Madama Butterfly

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Zusammenspiel von Ost und West: Madame Butterfly in der Göteborger Oper
1 Mar 16 / Bachtrack (German)
Le nozze di Figaro

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Le nozze di Figaro - Mozarts Verwechselspielchen wieder in Göteborg
20 Jan 16 / Bachtrack (German)
Notorious

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 13

‘Notorious’ world premiere in Göteborg: Gefors meets Hitchcock
14 Oct 15 / Seen and Heard
A Göteborg, Notorious de Gefors ou Les enchaînés de Hitchcock à l'opéra
10 Oct 15 / Diapason
Avec Nina Stemme, Notorious, opéra noir à Göteborg
2 Oct 15 / ResMusica
Schuld war nicht der Bossa Nova
26 Sep 15 / Die Welt
Hitchcock à Göteborg
24 Sep 15 / Altamusica
Nina Stemme in Ingrid Bergman's shoes: world première of Hans Gefors' Notorious
24 Sep 15 / Bachtrack
A flawed but superbly performed adaptation of Hitchcock’s thriller
22 Sep 15 / Financial Times
Tuer le père
22 Sep 15 / Forum Opéra
Notorius all'opera
22 Sep 15 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita)
Göteborgsoperans uppsättning av nyskrivna operan Notorious är inte ett nyskapande verk
21 Sep 15 / Göteborgs-Posten
”Notorious” på Göteborgsoperan: Gastkramande och grandiost
21 Sep 15 / DN.se
”Notorious” hade behövt ett fadermord
21 Sep 15 / Svenska Dagbladet
Operation Hitchcock på Göteborgsoperan
21 Sep 15 / Expressen
La Cenerentola

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Having a ball: Rossini’s La Cenerentola returns to Gothenburg
28 May 15 / Seen and Heard
A Flowering Tree

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

A Flowering Tree blooms in Gothenburg
10 Feb 15 / Seen and Heard
Le nozze di Figaro

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 2

A Figaro that could not be more perfect
4 Nov 14 / Seen and Heard
So geht Oper - Premiere der Hochzeit des Figaro im Göteborger Opernhaus
17 Sep 14 / Bachtrack (German)
Tristan und Isolde

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Ecstasy on and off the stage
16 Mar 13 / Seen and Heard
Turandot

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

A magnificent Turandot in Gothenburg for the last time
29 Jan 13 / Seen and Heard
Die Zauberflöte

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

A life-enhancing Magic Flute in Gothenburg
17 May 12 / Seen and Heard
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Göteborg Opera


No. of reviews: 1

Rehabilitating Katerina: Graham Vick’s Lady Macbeth in Gothenburg
10 Apr 12 / Seen and Heard
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Performance schedule
Wagner
17 Feb to 4 Apr 2024
Rameau
16 Mar to 18 Apr 2024
Puccini
27 Apr to 26 May 2024
Schönberg
15 to 16 May 2024
Donizetti
23 May to 8 Jun 2024
Bizet
24 Aug to 12 Oct 2024
Verdi
23 Nov 2024 to 12 Jan 2025
Puccini
18 Jan to 24 May 2025
Britten
8 Mar to 1 Apr 2025
Mozart
4 to 25 May 2025
Tchaikovsky
4 to 25 May 2025

News & Articles

Göteborg Opera announces second half of 2021-22 season
The second half of its season kicks off with Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” in a production by Stephen Landgridge.
1 Dec 2021 / OperaWire
Göteborg Opera announces 2021-22 season
The Göteborg Opera in Sweden has announced its 2021-22 season, which will include five opera productions.
6 Jun 2021 / OperaWire
Gothenburg Opera announces new Artistic Director
The Gothenburg Opera has announced that Henning Ruhe will be its new Artistic Director for Opera and Drama.
25 Jun 2019 / OperaWire
Gothenburg Opera’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ interrupted twice
Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi had to stop the performance of “Cavalleria Rusticana” not once, but twice because of separate incidents with indisposed persons in the audience.
11 Feb 2019 / OperaWire
Un Ring écologiquement durable à l’Opéra de Göteborg
La Tétralogie à l’Opéra de Göteborg (entre 2018 et 2021), sera une quête pour L'Anneau du Nibelung mais également de solutions durables écologiquement dans tous les domaines de la production.
6 Nov 2018 / Olyrix