Martin Fröst, Roland Pöntinen and me performing at the official Royal wedding concert in Stockholm.

Roland Pöntinen and me performing Jeg elsker Dig  by Edvard Grieg ( text in Danish by HC Andersen) at the official Royal wedding concert for Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel Westling. Stockholm Konserthus  2010.

Min dröm är att få ge den svenska sommarpubliken en riktigt generös minifestival i absolut världsklass!! Om jag fick bestämma själv.. så skulle inramningen bli precis så här. Och nu fick jag ju bestämma själv…. så; jag har en väldigt lång låtlista, en av sveriges bästa orkestrar, två av världens bästa instrumentalister, världens vackraste scen , en bikini och några väldigt varma handdukar.

Två av Sveriges mest lovande unga manliga sångare Daniel Johansson, tenor och Markus Schwartz, baryton kommer också att medverka. Liksom Torgny Persson från team Rongedal i Körslaget.

Biljetter släpps i morgon, fredag 23 april kl 10:00 och du köper dom här!!!!

Here it is! My first and only popvideo!  We really didn’t have any time as I was commuting back and forth to La Cenerentola at Oper Frankfurt, making a documentary for Swedish TV and also recording a classical cd with Stockholm Sinfonietta…

Now with Mr Kirkorovs and Mrs Netrebkos new Russian cover of La Voix JUST RELEASED I thought it would be interesting to compare the 2 versions. It really reminds me of how extremely hard it is to sing opera in a traditional pop-microphone recording. They have left out the the lowest ( low #C) and the the highest ( High Natural D) notes for Mrs Netrebko. And of course – as Anna is more of a Dramatic soprano than myself ( lyrical colloratura Mezzo) – they have left out the 2 octaves of colloraturas in the key change.
Other than that it s the same. An exciting version in the extremely beautiful Russian language.

Fredrik Kempe wrote the the song for me in 2008 and I co- wrote the text and the operatics. And we were truly thrilled when Mr Kirkorov bought the original backing tracks from us back in the fall of 2009. The song – both versions of course – are produced by Kim Wennerström and Elof Loelv at Hagagatan in Sthlm. To have Mrs Netrebko and Mr Kirkorov doing a cover of La Voix is- needless to say – a huge honour.

Here it is:

My  new Cd sold platinum in less than 7 weeks this summer!  Thank you all for that!! Tack så hemsk mycket! “La Voix Du Nord” is a double Cd containing 11 arias and 11 new popsongs and it was released in Sweden on july first.  It was the  8th most sold album overall in Sweden in 2009. Not too bad for an operasinger without limousines and fur coats…   It’s available  for worldwide delivery  right here!!!