Concert series En confidence
During the Confidencen Opera & Music Festival, the concert series En confidence offers both depth and breadth. The festival’s artistic director, Peter Spissky, has gathered world-class musicians and singers for three unique concerts.
Roman in London
10th of August 4 p.m.
Join us on Johan Helmich Roman’s musical journey to the British music metropolis! Four phenomenal musicians from the Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra, who are currently performing the opera Alcina to sold-out audiences, perform here with great finesse and guide you through the concert. Experience the dynamic musical life that the young composer encountered in 18th-century London with stars such as George Frideric Handel and Francesco Geminiani. Like Roman, who skillfully mastered several instruments, all of the concert’s musicians can play more than one instrument!
Petra Ambrosi, oboe & flute
Luís Tasso Athayde Santos, bassoon
Alison Luthmers, violin
Marcus Mohlin, harpsichord
Music by Johan Helmich Roman, Georg Friedrich Händel and Francesco Geminiani.
Concert length: 60 minutes without intermission
Ticket price: SEK 370
An enchanted island with Ann Hallenberg
14th of August 7 p.m.
The internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg and some of Scandinavia’s finest musicians invite you into the mysterious world of Ariosto’s epic Orlando Furioso. Immerse yourself in the captivating Baroque works of Handel, Sarti, Pollarolo, and Fux, where love and desire meet jealousy and madness.
After the curtain falls on the final performance of Alcina, we will soon delve into the mythological world of the Baroque once more. This concert’s theme will mirror Handel’s opera Alcina, but will be portrayed through music created by a variety of composers inspired by the same source, the Italian Renaissance writer Ludovico Ariosto’s epic Orlando Furioso. You will hear how these musical compositions take shape when Ann Hallenberg and musicians on period instruments perform.
Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano
Peter Spissky, violin
Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann, cello
Marcus Mohlin, harpsichord
Music by Georg Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Joseph Fux, Carlo Francesco Pollarolo and Giuseppe Sarti among others
Concert length: 60 minutes without intermission
Ticket price: SEK 420
Viva Vivaldi!
17th of August 4 p.m.
Young talented instrumentalists from around the world come to Ulriksdal to participate in the Confidencen Baroque Orchestra Academy. With exuberant energy, they play music such as Vivaldi’s Summer from The Four Seasons and Geminiani’s La Follia, offering the audience a delightful fireworks display for both ears and heart.
Confidencen Baroque Orchestra Academy
Marcus Mohlin, harpsichordist
Peter Spissky, violin & musical direction
Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Francesco Geminiani and Georg Frideric Handel
Concert length: 60 minutes without intermission
Ticket price: SEK 320
Package your experience!
Eat and drink
In conjunction with the concerts, the Confidencen intermission café is open. There you will find, among other things, hearty snacks, delicious pastries, refreshing drinks, sparkling wine, and cappuccino, espresso and macchiato from our new coffee machine, as well as brewed coffee and tea for sale. Enjoy something tasty in the green surroundings before the concert!
Discover the theatre
Before the concerts on August 10 and 17, guided tours are offered at Confidencen. We will take you on a 40 minutes tour through the royal foyers to the theater hall and stage. During the tour, the story of the theater, which has risen from the ruins and has now once again become a fully-fledged Rococo theater with spectacular machinery, will be told.