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20 Aug 2014

‘Kristina’ in Gothenburg – Benny and Björn attend first rehearsals

It is 18 years since Kristina från Duvemåla was originally staged at Göteborgs Operan, but in just over 9 weeks time, on 25 October 2014, the theatre will premiere a new production of the musical and yesterday, 'Kristina's' creators Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Lars Rudolfsson, were in Gothenburg to oversee the show's first rehearsals. Björn, Lars and Benny in Gothenburg. Photo: Camilla Simonsson Featuring the same quartet of principles as the successful 2012 production at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki, (Maria Ylipää as Kristina, Robert Noack as Karl Oskar, Birthe Wingren as Ulrika and Oskar Nilsson as Robert), the Gothenburg cast…

3 May 2014

Have you bought your ‘Kristina från Duvemåla’ tickets yet?

Tickets for the Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus/Lars Rudolfsson musical's run in Gothenburg went on sale recently. Tickets for the performances which run from 28 October 2014 to 31 March 2015 recently went on sale (the show doesn't run every night). The Gothenburg Opera House is the venue, which is where Kristina had a run back in the nineties. The show will transfer from GöteborgsOperan to Stockholm's Cirkus after it's Gothenburg run. Direct link for tickets

29 Apr 2014

Benny Andersson attends Royal premiere of ‘Utvandrarna’ at Swedish National Theatre

Renowned director and choreographer Mats Ek, has collaborated with playwright and dramatist Irena Kraus, to create a brand new dramatisation of Wilhelm Moberg's Utvandrarna (The Emigrants) and last Sunday, Benny Andersson sat alongside King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia for the show’s gala premiere at Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theatre (Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern or Dramaten). Moberg's critically acclaimed novel is one of Swedish literature's true classics. The books are regarded as a cornerstone in the historiography of the great Swedish emigration in the 1800s and are even credited to have spawned the Swedish tourist industry. There have been several previous adaptations of Moberg's epic,…

23 Feb 2014

GöteborgsOperan ‘Kristina från Duvemåla’ details

'Kristina från Duvemåla' will run for 99 performances in Gothenburg Tickets for the Gothenburg run of Kristina från Duvemåla become available on 31 March. The Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Lars Rudolfsson musical premieres on 25 October 2014 and will run until 26 May 2015, during which 99 performances are scheduled. The production is part of a two city run, starting in Gothenburg and then moving to Stockholm. The most recent staging of ‘Kristina‘ opened at the Swedish National Theatre, Helsinki, in February 2012. Directed by Lars Rudolfsson, and starring Maria Ylipää as Kristina, Robert Noack as Karl Oskar, Birthe Wingren as Ulrika and…

24 Dec 2013

Benny Andersson interview (Part 1)

Happy Christmas/Season's greetings to all icethesite visitors. Huge thanks to everyone who visits and supports the site. I hope you will enjoy this opportunity to hear directly from Benny about the year ahead. A year dominated by the film 'The Circle' but with a few goodies and potential goodies for music fans too. Enjoy...