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Tosca, Puccini
Kungliga OperanSpoletta
View cast and crewWozzeck, Berg
Kungliga OperanHauptmann (Captain)
View cast and crewSat19:00
Stockholm, SwedenThe tenor Niklas Björling Rygert is Sweden's foremost character tenor and belongs to the permanent soloist ensemble at the Swedish Royal Opera since 1999, where he has performed over 50 roles in about 850 performances. Ranging from Herod in Salome to the Der Narr in Wozzeck. His role as Mime in Wagner's Siegfried in 2006 drew international attention and brought him to Valencia where he in 2008 and 2009 sang Mime in both Das Rheingold and Siegfried under the baton of Zubin Mehta. Niklas has since then performed in Germany, Spain, Italy, Israel, Holland, Poland, Denmark and Norway as well as in Sweden at many other opera venues. He has received many awards, such as from the Opera friends, the Masonic Order, the Uno Stjerqvist Scholarship Fund och the Gunn Wållgren Scholarship Fund. In 2017 h