Husreflexioner after a operaresa. Stockholm royal opera with velvet and gold is gorgeous even if it would need to be complemented with a new building to cope with the growth in the form of international productions.
the göteborg opera has excellent acoustics and is a source of pride for the people of gothenburg, where the stävat into the port as a big ship.
the Copenhagen opera on Holmen, a new and fine and good acoustics. I shall not whine.
coming to the Malmö city Theatre, now the malmö opera house, my heart leaps with extra beats. It is really an architectural shot. The ease, the space, the huge stairs and the floors in marble, balustraderna, the salon, all the details, air and light. So ursnygg.
And to think that it was built during the war years 1933-1944, designed by architects Sigurd Lewerentz, David Helldén and Erik Lallerstedt. With sculptures by Bror Marklund and Carl Eldh. Rife with male artists, but still, the optimism and confidence in the midst of the second world war’s darkness.
