The Royal Danish Opera and the Royal Danish Orchestra
The Royal Danish Opera and the Royal Danish Orchestra have been invited to appear at the highly acclaimed Lincoln Center Festival 2011 with a performance of the opera Selma Jezková by Poul Ruders in addition to a chamber orchestra concert and a chamber concert with the Royal Danish Orchestra. The tour will take place 28 – 30 July 2011. Read more about the Lincoln Centre Festival at lincolncenterfestival.org

Tour itinerary:
28 July 2011 Chamber orchestra concert with the Royal Danish Orchestra, Alice Tully Hall
29 July 2011 Selma Jezková (Dancer in the Dark), Rose Theater, Lincoln Center
30 July 2011 Chamber concert with members of the Royal Danish Orchestra, Standley H. Kaplan Penthouse

About Poul Ruders’: SELMA JEZKOVÁ
Lars von Trier’s heart-rending film Dancer in the Dark, winner of the 2000 Golden Palm in Cannes, has served as inspiration for internationally renowned Danish composer Poul Ruders’ new opera Selma Jezková, which held its world premiere at the Opera House in Copenhagen in September 2010. As of the Lincoln Centre Festival performance the opera will change its title to Selma Jezková. The opera focuses on Selma, a woman who chooses to sacrifice her own life to ensure her son gets a vital eye operation. The opera raises questions about crime and punishment and what rights we have to make choices on the behalf of others. Artist Christian Lemmerz has created an epic gothic set design for this staging by Kasper Holten. Michael Schønwandt will conduct the Royal Danish Orchestra.

Conductor: Michael Schønwandt | Director: Kasper Holten | Set designer: Christian Lemmerz | Costume designer: Maria Gyllenhoff | Lighting designer: Jesper Kongshaug | Choreographer: Signe Fabricius | Libretto: Henrik Engelbrecht

Appearing:
Ylva Kihlberg, Selma
Palle Knudsen, Bill
Hanne Fischer, Kathy
Guido Paevatalu, Norman, Guard 2
Gert Henning-Jensen, District Attorney/Guard 1
Johanne Bock, Brenda
Carl Philip Levin, Gene
The Royal Danish Orchestra

About the CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT:
Founded in 1448—more than a century before the first violin—the Royal Danish Orchestra is among the oldest ensembles of its kind in the world. The great Danish composer Carl Nielsen first wrote Pan and Syrinx and his Clarinet Concerto for this ensemble. Tradition is therefore honoured with a performance featuring the Royal Danish Orchestra’s First Clarinettist John Kruse. Nielsen’s works are paired with music from Igor Stravinsky’s distinctive neoclassical ballet Pulcinella.

Programme:
Carl Nielsen: Pan and Syrinx
Carl Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto
Stravinsky: Pulcinella, complete ballet music
Appearing: John Kruse, clarinet | Peter Lodahl, tenor | Tuva Semmingsen, mezzo-soprano | Jochen Kupfer, baritone

About the CHAMBER CONCERT:
Soloists of the Royal Danish Orchestra perform a lively program of all-Scandinavian music in Lincoln Center’s intimate Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. The evening features music by Carl Nielsen, whose modern melodies are a part of the Danes’ shared consciousness, and Johan Svendsen, for many years the Orchestra’s principal conductor, whose compositions, along with Grieg’s, are the culmination of the Romantic Scandinavian tradition.

Programme:
Johan S. Svendsen: String Octet, opus 3 in A major
Appearing: Jon Gjesme, violin | Lars Bjørnkjær, violin | Tobias Durholm, violin | Anja Zeliadodjevo, violin | Iben Teilmann, viola |
Sune Ranmo, viola | Emilie Eskær, cello | Juliane von Hahn, cello 

Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, opus 43 
Appearing: Nikolaj von Scholten, flute| Joakim Dam Thomsen, obo | Adam Simonsen, clarinet | Jørgen Bracht Nielsen, bassoon| Lasse Mauritzen, horn

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Video | Selma Jezková and The Royal Danish Orchestra






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Photos | Selma Jezková and The Royal Danish Orchestra
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Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.The photos are strictly for professional and editorial use and may only be used by the press in relation to pr-activities regarding The Royal Danish Theatre. The photographer must always be accredited.The photos may not be used for any other purposes without prior written agreement. Any unauthorized use will be regulated by Danish Law.
Press info and contact
Press contact:
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 Press photos, portraits and bio downloads:
Selma Jezková – download from gallery below
Poul Ruders - download here
Kasper Holten – download here
Ylva Kihlberg - download here
Palle Knudsen - download here
Hanne Fischer - download here
Guido Paevatalu - - download here
Gert Henning-Jensen - download here
Johanne Bock - download here

Michael Schønwandt – download here
The Royal Danish Orchestra – download here
John Kruse – download here
Tuva Semmingsen - download here
Peter Lodahl - download here
Jochen Kupfer - download here