Organization

Stage director

Stefan Larsson

Lighting designer

Torben Lendorph

Costume designer

Nina Sandström

Set designer

Sven Haraldsson

Video designer

Andrea Grettve

Dramaturge

Katarina Aronsson

Singer

Soprano

Hanna Husáhr

Spoken

Agnes Auer

Rosa

Baritone

Jens Persson

Karl-Magnus Fredriksson

Tenor

Jonas Degerfeldt

Gustav

Niklas Björling Rygert

Contralto

Katarina Leoson

Maria

Bass-baritone

Kristian Flor

Fritz

Clifford Lewis

Josef

Klas Hedlund

David

Jesper Taube

Mezzo-soprano

Johanna Rudström

Elisabeth

Karolina Blixt

Conductor

Stefan Solyom

Alan Gilbert

Kungliga Operan

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Swedish

The Promise

Stockholm

Sweden

The Promise (Löftet in Swedish) is the story of Ava who becomes separated from her husband, Teo, in a concentration camp. Determined to be reunited with her husband after the war, she travels through the ruins of a traumatised Europe in search of him. We accompany her on a journey that sways between dream and reality, hope and despair.

27th January is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Royal Swedish Opera pays tribute to the victims in a new comission from composer Mats Larsson Gothe. The world premiere happens on this day and live on OperaVision. It is a story about the invincible power of love seventy-six years after the liberation of Auschwitz. ‘We find ourselves in a time outside time, as the victims of war take their first uncertain steps towards reclaiming their humanity’, says librettist Susanne Marko, who was inspired by her own family history.

World premiere streamed LIVE on OperaVision on 27 January 2022 at 19:00 CET and available until 27 July 2022:
https://operavision.eu/en/library/per...

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CAST

Ava: Hanna Husáhr
Rosa: Agnes Auer
Teo: Karl-Magnus Fredriksson
Gustav: Niklas Björling Rygert
Maria: Susann Végh
Fritz: Kristian Flor
Josef: Clifford Lewis
David: Jesper Taube
Elisabeth: Karolina Blixt
Chorus: Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Orchestra: Royal Swedish Orchestra

Music: Mats Larsson Gothe
Text: Susanne Marko
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
Director: Stefan Larsson
Set Designer: Sven Haraldsson
Costume Designer: Nina Sandström
Lighting Designer: Torben Lendorph
Dramaturg: Katarina Aronsson
Video Director: Andrea Grettve

0:00 Introduction
5:23 Prologue and Act 1
1:15:35 Intermission and interviews
1:47:02 Act 2 and Epilogue

Stora scenen

The Promise Larsson Gothe

Public

Approved

Löftet (The promise)

Opera av Mats Larsson Gothe och Susanne Marko.Urpremiär på Kungliga Operan 27 januari 2022.

The Promise - premiere talk
The Royal Opera's playwright Katarina Aronsson meets the creators behind the opera "The Promise": librettist Susanne Marko and composer Mats Larsson Gothe. "The Promise" premieres on January 27, 2022 - the International Day of Remembrance for Holocaust Victims. The conversation was recorded at the Royal Opera on January 24, 2022. The Royal Swedish Opera's playwright Katarina Aronsson meets the creators behind the opera "The Promise": librettist Susanne Marko and composer Mats Larsson Gothe. "The Promise" premieres on January 27, 2022 - the International Day of Remembrance for Holocaust Victims. This conversation was recorded at the Royal Swedish Opera on January 24, 2022.

he Promise is the story of Ava, who is separated from her husband Teo in a concentration camp. After the end of the war, she is determined to find him again, and she is ready to search all over war-torn and traumatized Europe. We accompany her on a journey between reality and dream, hope and despair.

Seventy-six years after the liberation of Auschwitz comes this reality-based opera about Ava and Teo and about the invincible power of love. »We are in a time out of time. When the victims of the war take their first staggering steps to try to recapture their humanity. «This is how librettist Susanne Marko describes the story, inspired by her own family history. The work is created for the Royal Opera in collaboration with the composer Mats Larsson Gothe and will premiere January 27, at the international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust - a day to honor the victims and remind us that we will always work to ensure that the evil never ever will gain a foothold and re-emerge in our society.

English

The Promise by Larsson Gothe, From (2022/2022), Directed by Stefan Larsson,, Conductor Stefan Solyom, Alan Gilbert, Kungliga Operan, Stockholm, Sweden

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