Composer of the Week - Drottningholm
Donald Macleod explores the history and music connected with the Drottningholm Opera House in Stockholm. It flourished in the 18th century, especially during the reign of King Gustavus III
Composer of the Week - Drottningholm - Inside the Stradivarius
Donald Macleod visits the auditorium of the fabled Drottningholm theatre and talks to mezzo Anne Sophie von Otter about performing there. He also introduces the first Swedish opera.
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Composer of the Week - Drottningholm - Of Smoke and Mirrors
Donald Macleod talks to mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter about former Drottnigholm music director Arnold Ostman and also explores Swedish nationalist opera Gustaf Vasa.
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Composer of the Week - Drottningholm - Pilgrimage to Drottningholm
Donald Macleod leaves Stockholm by steam-boat to fulfil a long-held dream to visit Drottningholm, a treasure of an opera house suspended in time.
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Composer of the Week - Drottningholm - Taking the Airs
Donald Macleod explores the opera Electra by Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner. He also talks to theatre expert Inga Lewenhaupt about stage gestures.
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Composer of the Week - Drottningholm - The Rest Is Silence
Donald Macleod presents part of Mozart's Don Giovanni, staged in 2010 at Drottningholm, and visits the Riddarholmskyrkan Church in Stockholm, the scene of Gustavus III's funeral.
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