Gillet pa Solhaug is an 1893 Swedish-language opera in 3 acts by
Wilhelm Stenhammar to a libretto based on The Feast at Solhaug (Norwegian Gildet paa Solhoug) by
Henrik Ibsen.[1] The opera was completed in 1893, and premiered at the Hoftheater Stuttgart in 1899, then in Sweden at the
Royal Swedish Opera in 1902.
Recordings
Per-Hakan Precht (tenor), Karolina Andersson (soprano), Matilda Paulsson (mezzo-soprano), Fredrik Zetterstrom (baritone), Erik Lundh (baritone), Mathias Zachariassen (tenor), Anton Ljungqvist (bass-baritone), Symphony Orchestra of Norrköping, Conducted Henrik Schaefer. recorded in August 2015 Sterling 2016
References
^John David White, John White, Jean Christensen - New Music of the Nordic Countries p 510 2002 -
National, or rather regional, topics were explored in works such as Stenhammar's Gillet pa Solhaug (1893) and Peterson-Berger's
Arnljot (1910), the latter being the most performed Swedish opera during the twentieth century second only to Blomdahl's Aniara."
Gillet pa Solhaug is an 1893 Swedish-language opera in 3 acts by
Wilhelm Stenhammar to a libretto based on The Feast at Solhaug (Norwegian Gildet paa Solhoug) by
Henrik Ibsen.[1] The opera was completed in 1893, and premiered at the Hoftheater Stuttgart in 1899, then in Sweden at the
Royal Swedish Opera in 1902.
Recordings
Per-Hakan Precht (tenor), Karolina Andersson (soprano), Matilda Paulsson (mezzo-soprano), Fredrik Zetterstrom (baritone), Erik Lundh (baritone), Mathias Zachariassen (tenor), Anton Ljungqvist (bass-baritone), Symphony Orchestra of Norrköping, Conducted Henrik Schaefer. recorded in August 2015 Sterling 2016
References
^John David White, John White, Jean Christensen - New Music of the Nordic Countries p 510 2002 -
National, or rather regional, topics were explored in works such as Stenhammar's Gillet pa Solhaug (1893) and Peterson-Berger's
Arnljot (1910), the latter being the most performed Swedish opera during the twentieth century second only to Blomdahl's Aniara."
