Royal Swedish Opera

The Royal Swedish Opera (Kungliga Operan): Stockholm's Neo-Baroque Masterpiece! 👑🎶 The Royal Swedish Opera is not just Stockholm's national stage for opera and ballet; it is a stunning piece of history and architecture, holding a superb 4.6-star rating Here is an overview of this cultural landmark: 🏰 Architecture and History Location: Perfectly situated in the heart of Stockholm at Gustav Adolfs Torg, directly across from the Royal Palace and the Parliament building. Building: The current opera house, designed by Axel Anderberg, was inaugurated in 1898 on the site of a previous opera house from 1782. Style: It features a Neo-Renaissance exterior, but the public spaces—the staircase, the magnificent main salon (auditorium with ~1,100 seats), and the famous Golden Foyer (Guldfoajén)—are designed in a lavish Neo-Baroque style, often compared to the Opéra Garnier in Paris. Highlights: Look for the breathtaking ceiling paintings by renowned Swedish artist Carl Larsson in the Golden Foyer and the impressive Royal Box. Performances and Visitor Experience Repertoire: Home to the Royal Swedish Opera, the Royal Swedish Ballet, and the Royal Swedish Orchestra (one of the world's oldest!). The repertoire blends timeless classics like Swan Lake and Die Zauberflöte with new premieres and contemporary works. Lunch Concerts: Often held during the week in the Golden Foyer, featuring the opera's own singers and musicians. Dining: The house is home to Restaurant Grodan, offering a convenient spot for pre-show dinner or post-show drinks. The Royal Swedish Opera is an absolute must-visit for anyone seeking a true sense of Swedish cultural grandeur. 🙏🏻☘️👑🇸🇪✝️🇻🇦🕯🫂🕊⚡️

A magnificent building. We had incredible seats in the royal box to see Swan Lake. It was such a lovely setting - I'm so pleased we were able to get tickets whilst in Stockholm! There's a private cloakroom for box guests, so don't waste your money on the general cloakroom! There are also drinks and snacks provided during the intermission, in the ball room - which is a spectacle of it's own! The Opera House is really well located with parking available, abundant even, within 10 minutes walk in any direction.

A beautiful place, with wonderful operas and ballets. The programme is not as rich as The Royal Opera and Ballet in London, but the limited ones shown in Sthlm are equally good. So far I have seen Romeo and Juliet. Excellent costumes, excellent ballet. Needless to say I love Prokofiev. Then we have seen Rusalka. I loved how the stage arrangements, the modern meeting Dvořák's wonderful melodies. The performances and especially the chess scene were amazing: the details, the humour, costumes, the choreography. We will continue going there. Turandot is on my list ❤️😇

Beautiful theatre, great level of performances, very convenient facilities, lots of cloackrooms and bars. Guided tour in English was fantastic, lead by a former dancer (Roy) with impeccable English, vast knowledge&experience, and a great, balanced sense of humour.

We went on Tuesday evening to see Swan Lake with friends. It was really convenient that they had several entrances, so people didn’t end up standing in one long line. The same was true for the cloakroom — after the performance we picked up our coats in just two or three minutes. The only thing that surprised me was the restroom doors. They should ideally be matte, but you can actually see the outline of a person through them, which felt a bit uncomfortable. Overall, the building is beautiful and the ballet was excellent. Just keep in mind that the program booklet is mostly in Swedish; the English section is just one page with a short summary of the storyline.

Nureyev's Swan Lake was magnificent. The orchestra sounded superb, the dancers were brilliant.

The modern production of Aida was abominable! Instead of Ancient Egypt you can see soldiers with guns and all this modern regiethrater trash. Cloakroom is 30 SEK, nonsense! Subtitles only in Swedish

A bug part of the entertainment of the Swedish people. It is home to Opera, Ballet and Orchestra. You can get a guided tour inside.

WOW! I didn't know what to expect from the Royal Swedish Opera Ballet, this dance troupe is rarely talked about compared to the Paris Opera Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, American Ballet Theater, or The Royal Ballet. But the Swedes did a phenomenal work art of Sleeping Beauty. The live orchestra, talented dancers, colorful costumes, and elaborate sets all worked together harmoniously to create a wonderful classic ballet...the Carabosse was mesmerizing and seductive! Be careful when buying tickets online for this opera house. I picked out a couple of seats for 330SEK($37) each. They looked decent on the website chart, which unfortunately is not to scale and doesn't fully project the true sharp horseshoe shape of the theater. The seats were still decent, but required turning your head sharply for 3 hours. Fortunately, the show wasn't sold out. After 15 minutes into the show, we snuck over to some better seats that were much central and provided a significantly better view. I guestimate these seats were 500-700+ SEK. Still, I would've been happy with the 330SEK seats, they would've been 50% more in America. Though I'm guessing tax revenue subsidizes the ticket costs, thanks Sweden! If you're into the Arts, go check out a concert, opera, or ballet at this classical & beautiful opera house.

The opera house is unbelievably beautiful. I appreciated that the opera we saw was in Swedish with Swedish captions, as well, despite the fact that I did not understand a damn thing hahaha.

It is hard to not give this venerable institution founded 1773 a top mark; it's the stage where La Nilsson, Jussi Björling, Nina Stemme, Nicolai Gedda, Jenny Lind, Christina Nilsson, Elisabeth Söderström, Anne Sofie von Otter, Sixten Ehrling, and Anneli Alhanko have performed. The Royal Opera is the Swedish National Stage for opera and ballet. I have now been here a number of times, and it is a building that is the ultimate turn of the century building that fills you with awe with an interior to match it; marble stair cases, red velvet and gold (the gilded hall is just made for drinking champagne), busts of King Gustavus III (the founder) and the singer Jenny Lind. The productions have lately started to break free of the conservative, and I am excited to see more challenging and moderna ballet productions, and a La Bohème transferred to Stockholm's Old Town. And I look forward to many new productions - just to mention one: the Ring cycle in 2017! So, why not a five-star review? To me it boils down to the service and welcoming by the people working there. Far too often the people working there come through as too snotty and a tad to self-grandizing in relation to us the visitors. Just by working at a venerable institution doesn't make you shimmer with gold, only your helpfulness and service can. Far too many visitors find the opera intimidating and that they may not be "worthy" visitors - don't add to that feeling!

Absolutely love every performance I have seen here! I am new in town and I have gone every month to each of the shows! Beautiful building! The performers are very passionate and talented! If you are in Stockholm, check it out!! Great prices for those under 25 years old!