Armide
BY Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Group booking
Groups (min 15 tickets), please book by contacting the Box Office>>>
Schedule 2024
Sat 3 August at 16.00 Première
Mon 5 August at 19.00
Wed 7 August at 19.00
Fri 9 August at 19.00
Sun 11 August at 16.00
Tue 13 August at 19.00*
Thu 15 August at 19.00*
Sat 17 August at 16.00
*Recording, cameras in the auditorium
The performance is approx. 3 hours, with one intermission
The stage at the Court Theatre of Drottningholm is the perfect place for grand French Baroque opera, the spectacular genre Lully created for the court of Louis XIV.
Anna Karinsdotter, Artistic and managing director
Ticket prices (SEK)
Chair 1–12: 1 995:-/1 895:-
Row 2–11: 1 595:-/1 395:-, under 26 years: 895:-/795:-
Row 0-1, 12-18: 1 195:-/1 095:-, under 26 years: 695:-/595:-
Row 19–25: 795:-/650:-, under 26 years: 395:-/295:-
Row 26–31: 395:-/295:-, under 26 years: 195:-/150:-
Opera Package
In collaboration with Strömma, we offer an exklusive opera package! Boat trip with the M/S Prince Carl Philip from Stockholm city, a two-course dinner on board, Armide tickets and chartered bus back to Stockholm after the performance. The package is available on three selected dates: 5, 7 and 9 August.
This is the first time a Lully opera will be staged at Drottningholm, and it will be interpreted by a French artistic team together with musical director and conductor Francesco Corti. Director Florent Siaud and choreographer Natalie Van Parys have previously worked together at Drottningholm with Marc Minkowski and Ivan Alexandre and their Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy. Set and costume designer is Philippe Miesch. With extensive experience of Baroque opera, he will use the theatre’s treasure trove of stage decorations and the unique stage machinery.
Armide is the pinnacle of French Baroque tragédie en musique, and the culmination of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s career. Since its premiere in 1686, Armide has been regarded as the quintessential model of musical and poetic creation.
Francesco Corti, conductor
Armide is Lully’s last collaboration with the poet Philippe Quinault, whose libretto is a mixture of dramatic tension, supernatural elements and amorous despair. The work was an immediate success and was widely performed in the late 17th century. The opera contains many dance scenes in which the supernatural beings reflect the mental state of the main characters, who struggle with joy and horror, reality and fantasy.
Armide is like Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage, where the characters go through all the states of passion.
Florent Siaud, director
In French
Conductor • Francesco Corti
Director • Florent Siaud
Choreographer • Natalie Van Parys
Stage and costume design • Philippe Miesch
Light design • Nicolas Descôteaux
cast
Armide • Allyson McHardy
Renaud • Nicholas Scott
Hidraot, Ubalde • Nicolas Brooymans
La Gloire, Phénice, Une Nymphe des Eaux, Melisse • Marie Lys
La Haine, Aronte • Renato Dolcini
Le Chevalier danois, Un Amant fortuné • Zachary Wilder
La Sagesse, Sidonie, Une Bergere héroïque, , Lucinde • Deborah Cachet
Artemidore • Arash Azarbad
The Drottningholm Theatre Chorus
The Drottningholm Theatre Ballet
The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra
Interval snacks
Avoid the interval queue, pre-order your interval snacks! Your drinks and snacks will be waiting for you in the Déjeuner Salon Bar as soon as the interval begins. Purchase when buying opera tickets or later here>>>.
A cheese pie and a glass of white wine, SEK 185
A ham sandwich and a glass of white wine, SEK 185
A cheese pie and a glass of non-alcoholic sparkling wine, SEK 160
A ham sandwich and a glass of non-alcoholic sparkling wine, SEK 160
Swedish cheese crumble snacks and a glass of cava, SEK 140
Swedish cheese crumble snacks and a glass of non-alcoholic sparkling wine, SEK 120
A macaron and a glass of champagne, SEK 145
A macaron and a glass of non-alcoholic sparkling wine, SEK 110
Other assortments such as coffee, water and juices are bought on site.
Theatre bus tickets
A comfortable bus will take you directly back to Stockholm city after the performance/concert. The bus stops at T-Fridhemsplan and at the Central station/Stockholm City. Purchase when buying opera tickets, or later here>>>.
The ticket is SEK 130.
With support from
The Friends of Drottningholms Slottsteater via the Henrik Nordmark Foundation
Helge Kuba, Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, Katrin Frick, Patrick Frey, George Shishkovsky, Carina Aris Minnesfond