Concert calendar

November 2020
Ludwig van Beethoven 250 years
When opera and symphonic music is at its best, then it is chamber music! Chamber music defined as a state of profound listening. A state of communication and an enriching conversation, where you forget your own presence. A conversation that we have with you, our dear audience! That is why chamber music in effect is the musical synonom for openness, understanding, tolerance and ultimately love! Welcome to chamber music concert with The Royal Danish Orchestra at Takkelloftet. Program: Ludwig…
Find out more »December 2020
The Royal Danish Theatre’s Christmas Concert
***ALL 4 CONCERTS SOLD OUT*** The Royal Danish Opera is pleased to furnish the stage and trim the Christmas tree when the Royal Danish Theatre unites talents from every discipline to wish audience members young and old a very merry Christmas. As December is a time for cosy gatherings, the Copenhagen Opera House has invited enough actors, dancers and opera singers to join hands and reach right around the huge Christmas tree on stage. This is the Christmas concert…
Find out more »New Year’s Concert
Kick off New Year’s Eve before the champagne corks start popping, with a sparkling musical experience in the company of the Royal Danish Orchestra, conductor Thomas Søndergård and master of ceremonies Frederik Cilius, famous for his witty radio and TV shows. The internationally renowned Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård will be leading this New Year’s concert, which is rich in traditions. He began his musical career as a solo timpanist in the Royal Danish Orchestra, and knows the tone and soul…
Find out more »January 2021
Wagner Galla Concert
Det Kongelige Kapel Soprano: Ann Petersen Tenor: Niels Jørgen Riis Baritone: Johan Reuter Program: Richard Wagner Excerpts from The Flying Dutchman Tannhaüser Lohengrin
Find out more »September 2023
Chamber Concert #1
Experience musicians from the Royal Danish Orchestra at a chamber concert at the Old Stage The Royal Danish Orchestra’s 575th anniversary is celebrated with World Premieres of newly commissioned works by contemporary composers in combination with chamber music classics. Welcome to a festive season of chamber music con amore. The programme for the Royal Danish Orchestra’s first chamber concert includes a brand-new work by Marianna Filippi in addition to music by Janáček and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Marianna Filippi: A Gilded Reverie - World Premiere Leoš…
Find out more »Anniversary Concert The Royal Danish Orchestra 575 years
The Royal Danish Orchestra celebrates its 575th anniversary with Bach, Brahms and Bartók Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy The orchestra’s history dates back to 1448 to the trumpet corps of the royal court of Christian I. The season’s second symphonic concert celebrates the orchestra’s 575 amazing years of music spanning three centuries. Experience music that echoes the Royal Danish Orchestra’s unique history. Conductor Leopold Stokowski’s version of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor blends sonorous late Romanticism with Bach’s dynamic pulse. Stokowski conducted the piece on his…
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Chamber Concert #2
Get up close to the orchestra musicians at a concert in the Takkelloftet Foyer The Royal Danish Orchestra’s 575th anniversary is celebrated with World Premieres of newly commissioned works by contemporary composers in combination with chamber music classics. Welcome to a festive season of chamber music con amore. The programme for the Royal Danish Orchestra’s second chamber concert includes a brand-new work by Mathias Vestergaard in addition to music by Grieg and Dvořák. Matias Vestergård: World Premiere Edvard Grieg: String Quartet No. 1,…
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