Bio of Sigrid T'Hooft, Director of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito, at Drottningholm Slottsteater 2013

Haydn's opera Orlando Paladino, which will open at the Drottningholm Court Theatre on July 29, 2012, is based on the medieval legend of the knight Roland (Orlando), who is madly in love with Angelica, Queen of Cathay. The performance stars Rickard Söderberg, Kirsten Blaise and Pietro Spagnoli. Please download the program folder as a pdf below.

Tuva Semmingsen was born in Norway and trained at the Norwegian State Academy of Music and the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen. Debut in 1999 at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro. In Orlando paladino at Drottningholms Slottsteater, summer 2012, she has the part of Alcina, the sorceress.

The Norwegian tenor Magnus Staveland is a much sought after concert and oratorio singer in concert venues and festivals throughout Europe. He has studied at the State Academy of Music in Oslo and at the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen. In Orlando paladino at Drottningholms Slottsteater summer 2012, Staveland plays the saracen warrior Medoro.

Lyrical baritone Pietro Spagnoli is a sought-after interpreter in operas
 by W. A. Mozart, G. Rossini and G. Donizetti. In Drottningholms Slottsteater's Orlando paladino summer 2012, he plays the role of Rodomonte, king of Barbaria.

Soprano Kirsten Blaise has gained a particular reputation in operatic and concert works of the Baroque and Classical eras, but her repertoire also embraces such composers as Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Wagner, and Mahler. In Drottningholms Slottsteaters Orlando paladino summer 2012, she plays the role of Angelica, Queen of Cathay.

Berlin-based Stephan Dietrich designs costumes and stage sets as a freelance artist. In addition to numerous assignments for the theatres of Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna, the focus of his work is Baroque opera and the spectacle of Baroque ballet.

This Questionnaire is made as part of a Research held by Reut Rivka Shabi, a baroque singer and master student at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. Reut's Masters Research topic: Baroque gesture, baroque staging, oratory & declamation as a tool for better interpretation and performance of baroque dramatic vocal repertoire. Research Coach: Mr. Gilbert Blin. January 2013.

The Danish soprano Ditte Andersen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Opera in Copenhagen with Susanna Eken. Recent opera engagements include Cirène in Aristeo and Bauci in Bauci e Filemone, by Gluck, at Opéra Garnier Paris, Opéra du Rhin Strasbourg, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels.

Conductor, Pianist, Teacher and Educator. Mark Tatlow is Artistic Director at Drottningholm Court Theatre. Professor of Musical Studies, University College of Opera, Stockholm 2002-2012. Musical Advisor, Musikskolan Lilla Akademien (The Junior Academy, Stockholm).