Opera package
In the summer of 2025, Fantasio will be staged in the courtyard of Läckö Castle.
The premiere is on Friday 11 July and will be played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays until 2 August.
The package includes:
- Opera tickets for Fantasio
- One night in a double room at naturum Vänerskärgården-Victoriahuset
- A 3-course dinner at the restaurant in naturum Vänerskärgården-Victoriahuset
- Entrance to Läckö Castle
Price from 2195kr /per person
A warm welcome to experience opera at one of Sweden's most beautiful venues!
Läckö Castle's courtyard with its incomparable acoustics will be filled in the summer of 2025 by FANTASIO, an Opéra comique by Jacques Offenbach performed for the first time on a Swedish stage.
The masterpiece Fantasio is the story of the unwilling hero who, disguised as a court jester, hopes to save himself, but instead becomes the only one who can save everyone else. Tragedy and comedy are skilfully mixed, and through the jester's right to state the obvious, the libretto echoes in our time. The autograph scores have long been scattered and incomplete, some in London, some in New York and some in the archives of a branch of the Offenbach family, whose doors have recently been opened. Through Jean Christophe-Keck they have been reassembled.
Out of three existing versions, we choose the so-called 'Paris version' which premiered on 18 January 1872.
The title role is sung by a mezzo-soprano, and it has enjoyed great success on stages and concert halls since the material was compiled. But never in Sweden.
We are proud to present another Swedish premiere at Läckö Castle!
Premiere on Friday 11 July 2025 and will be played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays until Saturday 2 August.
If you wish, there is an introduction to the opera in Läckö Castle Church every opera evening at 19.20.
The summer opera is performed in fine weather under the open sky, and in case of rain a canvas roof is unfolded, note that umbrellas are not allowed in the audience. Blankets are available to borrow, but we recommend warm clothing, it can get very cold in the courtyard.
Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed in the courtyard and the opera performance.