{"id":14473,"date":"2024-08-26T13:51:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=14473"},"modified":"2024-08-26T13:51:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:51:41","slug":"new-head-appointed-royal-swedish-opera-replacing-deceased-canadian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2024\/08\/26\/new-head-appointed-royal-swedish-opera-replacing-deceased-canadian\/","title":{"rendered":"New Head Appointed at Royal Swedish Opera Replacing Deceased Canadian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tobias Theorell, Royal Swedish Opera (Courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tobias Theorell has been appointed head of the Royal Swedish Opera. Theorell replaces Canadian director Michael Cavanagh, who passed away of cancer in March of this year.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s up:<\/strong> On August 21st, the Royal Swedish Opera<\/a> announced<\/a> that Tobias Theorell<\/a> will be its new director. Theorell is the artistic director of Stockholm\u2019s Folkoperan and has directed numerous productions at the Royal Swedish Opera. He replaces Canadian director Michael Cavanagh, who passed away in March<\/a> after beginning his tenure at the Royal Swedish Opera in 2021.<\/p>\n

A bit of background:<\/strong> The Royal Swedish Opera also includes a ballet company, youth opera company, orchestra, and chorus. Located in the centre of Stockholm, the Royal Swedish Opera had its first performance in 1773. Over the years, the house has fostered the careers of superstar singers including Anne Sofie von Otter, Jussi Bj\u00f6rling, Nicolai Gedda, Jenny Lind, Peter Mattei, Elisabeth S\u00f6derstrom, Birgit Nilsson, and Nina Stemme, who all formed part of its ensemble at one time or another.<\/p>\n

Tobias Theorell will join conductor Alan Gilbert<\/a>, who serves as Royal Kapellmeister of the Swedish Opera. We wish Theorell all the best, lyck\u00f6nskningar!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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