Wednesday 29 February, saw Kristina från Duvemåla finally emigrate beyond the shores of Sweden in theatrical, rather than concert form. Not to the hallowed pavements of Broadway or London’s West End but to a small theatre in Helsinki, Finland which features works in Swedish by Swedish creatives.
Tag Archives: Kristina
Susan Boyle to perform You Have To Be There on America’s Got Talent (Updated)
NBC has revealed the list of special guest performers for the remainder of America’s Got Talent’s sixth season. Of interest to Benny and Björn fans is the fact that on 31 August, Susan Boyle is scheduled to perform You Have To Be There from Kristina on the show. This will be massive exposure for the [...]
Benny and Björn – new Finnish press interview
Greying ABBA men still going strong by Mari Koppinen, Helsingin Sanomat. Life wasn’t easy for the artists in the 1970s. When the Swedish band Abba won the Eurovision Song contest in Brighton in 1974, the performers had to wear costumes that were uncomfortably tight. “Björn couldn’t sit on the bus with the overall that he was wearing”, laughs [...]
Russell Watson talks Kristina: “I collapsed emotionally on stage”
Russell Watson talks about his career, his battle with illness and his recollections of performing in Kristina in concert with the Daily Telegraph.
Review of Kristina at Carnegie Hall CD
In theatrical circles, this is quite a high profile review of Kristina at Carnegie Hall, appearing as it does in Playbill. Review by Steven Suskin: KRISTINA [Decca Broadway B0014228] A sticker on the label of the new two-CD Kristina tells us this is “from the composers of ABBA and Mamma Mia!” Anyone expecting Kristina to sound just like “Dancing Queen,” [...]
Kristina, Benny, Björn, Helen and BAO footage featured on SVT
A fascinating Swedish TV documentary called A year on stage with Lars Rudolfsson features Kristina at Carnegie Hall rehearsal footage, interviews with Benny and Helen Sjöholm as well as Benny Anderssons Orkester footage from their 2009 Swedish tour. The show which was first broadcast last night features Kristina director Lars Rudolfsson’s work in 2009 and will [...]
Kristina in pictures: Royal Albert Hall memories
A selection of pictures from the Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus concert version of Kristina, performed 14 April 2010 at the Albert Hall.
Benny playing Elton John’s piano at Kristina after-party
Check out these wonderful videos from last Wednesday’s post-Kristina party.
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Helsinki says farewell and thank you to ‘Kristina’
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‘ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits’ becomes the UK’s second biggest selling album of all time
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‘We Write the Story’ unveiled
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Win an ABBA The Museum brochure signed by Benny, Björn and Frida!
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ABBA The Museum is open! (Updated with Photo Gallery)
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New Björn interview: “Don’t ask me what my favourite ABBA song is!”
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Kristina från Duvemåla Jönköping concert
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ABBA The Museum comes to life
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Win an ABBA The Museum brochure signed by Benny, Björn and Frida!
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Agnetha Fältskog is recording new material (Updated)
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The “definitive” version of CHESS to premiere at London’s Union Theatre
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The ‘ABBA’ album receives the Deluxe Edition treatment
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BAO boxset on the way, 6 CDs and 2 DVDs included (Updated)
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‘We Write the Story’ unveiled
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‘En skrift i snön’ broadcast in full, now also with link to Dancing Queen and full show
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Björn Ulvaeus reflects on the loss of Hansi Schwarz
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Susi: Hi Anne, just like John said: there´s nothing more to say after such a wonderful introdu...
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colinthebruce: GREAT news re Agnetha's album - in my opinion certainly the best one of all her post Abba ...
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Marco: Benny is a big bach fan, so it's no surprise that his music is influenced by Bach. Kristin...
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Michael Salkesld: I thought the intonation was so ABBA I could all most hear Benny and Bjorns voices through...
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Karma: I had the feeling I knew this melody. It's Bach's Gavotte from the Orchestral Suite Nr. 3,...
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JF Feulvarch: Extremely powerful and adequate song for the occasion. Grows on you too... as all Benny's...
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Alexander: Since the song will only be available as download, I really would like to know who can be ...
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ABBAfan: Benny & Bjorn created the declaration of humanity, not just an Eurovision anthem! Thak...