The Festival programme 2012 will be released 21 February.

Welcome to Christmas Fair on the Theatre Court Yard and in the Theatre Shop. Local handicraft and food outdoors and a lot of Christmas decorations and gifts in the Theatre Shop. The theatre will be open for guided tours, and you can also visit the the palace and the café.

Saturday and Sunday 3-4 December from 11.00-16.00

Saturday 12 November from 10.00-16.00 there will be a sale of opera costumes from the theatre's costume department. Our storage rooms are full, so this is really your chance to purchase a beautiful dress that will astonish your friends!

Where? Déjeunersalongen, the theatre's foyer, Drottningholm
When? Saturday 12 November 10.00-16.00

La Nuit Froide - the ghosts will sing. Swedish Romeo and Julia Choir will lead you through the theatre building in a magical vocal ghost drama that will appeal to grown ups as well as children - if you dare!

Saturday 5 November at 13.00 and 15.00
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The theatre will be open for guided tours the following weekends:
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 October, Friday 4 and Sunday 6 November, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December. Tours in English at 12.00 and 14.00.

The Theatre Shop is open from 11.30-16.

The theatre is open for guided tours daily from 12-15.30 until Sunday 2 October. This autumn/winter we will keep the theatre open these weekends: 8-9 October, 29-30 and 4-6 November, 3-4 December (Christmas Fair) and 10-11 December. The Theatre Shop is of course open the same days. It is a bit chilly in the buildings this time of the year, but nevertheless magic.

Due to the dance seminar and matinée performances, the guided tours of the theatre, Saturday 13 August, in English, will take place at 11.00, 12.00 and 12.30. The seminar starts at 13.30, read more here!

Sunday 14 August tours in English at 11.00, 12.00, 13.00 and 13.30.

Gluck's DON JUAN is a work that inspired Mozart to Don Giovanni, and tells the same story in a series of vivid dances. Together with Mozart's seldom heard LES PETITS RIENS the guest performance from Compagnie de danse l'Éventail will form an inspiring close to this year’s festival.

Read more about the seminar connected with the dance performances below!

Welcome to a seminar connected with our dance performances, to take place on Saturday, 13 August, 13.30-15.00
Pre-booking to dst@dtm.se, pick up tickets in the Theatre Shop, Drottningholm. Admission 90 kr, free with performance ticket and for students.

The 18th Century, Gustaf III and the Frolicsome Life of the Court
Christopher O’Regan will start the ball rolling (in Swedish)

Baroque dance: Is it some sort of ballet?
What actually is Baroque dance, and how can one achieve the gestures and movements of three hundred years ago nowadays? This is the theme of the seminar. Come along and hear the dialogue between Marie-Geneviève Massé, choreographer to the French Baroque dance company, l’Eventail, and Lena Cederwall Broberg, dancer, dance teacher and choreologist, who has long experience of Swedish eighteenth century style productions. They will discuss how we create and recreate Baroque dance, the stance we take in relation to sources, and what Baroque dance means to us today. Anna Karlander will preside and the discussion will take place in English.

The seminar is a joint effort organised by Drottningholms Slottsteater, Carina Aris Minnesfond and the Stockholm Baroque Dancers.

After the première, the audiences and the press agree that director Sigrid T'Hooft's version of Così fan tutte is very interesting, comic and beautiful. The singers are much acclaimed, and their voices together with the period gestures and colourful costumes make this a perfect performance for a magic theatre.

Watch an interview with Sigrid T'Hooft in Swedish Television, during rehearsals. Scroll 8:35 minutes into the programme!

Due to a security education for the staff, the guided tours of the theatre will start at 12.00 Saturday 7 May.

Sunday 8 May there will be guided tours of the theatre at 11.00 and 12.00 only. At 14.00 we present a seminar about the World Heritage site Drottningholm. Tickets (SEK 150) are available in the Visitors Centre. In Swedish.

This August we are giving our audiences a chance to experience eighteenth century dance of international standing! The Compagnie l’Eventail, directed by choreographer Marie-Geneviève Massé, will be performing two dance productions during their three guest appearances at Drottningholms Slottsteater on 12th, 13th and 14th August, Les Petits Riens and Don Juan.

The choreography is created by Marie-Geneviève Massé, in the spirit of the age and showing respect for the dynamics and dance expression of the eighteenth century in interplay with the rhythm of the music. The Compagnie l’Eventail is one of the best reputed Baroque dance companies in existence and Marie-Geneviève Massé one of the most skilled and exacting choreographers working within this genre.

The twelve French dancers from the Compagnie l’Eventail will be supplemented by four Swedish dancers from the Stockholm Baroque Dancers. The orchestra of Drottningholms Slottsteater will be conducted by Mark Tatlow.

Tickets will be released on 15th April.

Read more!

The guest performance is a co-operation between Drottningholms Slottsteater, the Compagnie l’Eventail and the Stockholm Baroque Dancers. With support from Carina Aris Minnesfond.

Drottningholms Slottsteater has appointed Sofi Lerström as Managing Director, from May 2011. After several years of production planning, both as free lancer and with Ingmar Bergman, Sofi Lerström's most recent position has been at Dramaten (Royal Dramatic Theatre) as Festival Manager for the Ingmar Bergman International Theatre Festival. “I am excited and very much looking forward to be part of the development of Drotttningholm Theatre. It is such a magic place and theatre, outstanding and unique.", Sofi Lerström says.

The booking of tickets for the 2011 Opera Festival opens Friday 25 March at 10 am. You can book online or by phone.

You will find all information here!