A world-renowned orchestra
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO) was founded in 1902 and its chief conductor since 2008 is Sakari Oramo.
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO) was founded in 1902 and Konserthuset Stockholm has been its home since 1926. The RSPO gives around 100 concerts annually, and the orchestra also participates in the festivities associated with the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony and the presentation of the Polar Music Prize. Regular guest conductors include notable names such as Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Franz Welser-Möst, Herbert Blomstedt, Nathalie Stutzmann, Gianandrea Noseda and Conductor Lauerate Alan Gilbert.
Finnish Sakari Oramo has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the RSPO since 2008. His current contract runs until 2021. Sakari Oramo has carried out several successful tours with the RSPO. The German newspaper Die Welt recently concluded that the RSPO is “one of the world’s best orchestras”.
Recently, the acclaimed conductor Franz Welser-Möst was awarded the new title Eric Ericson Honorary Chair from the orchestra. He will join the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for two weeks each season from 2020/21.
The RSPO has also received considerable attention for several recordings with Sakari Oramo; among them Carl Nielsen’s symphonies were critically acclaimed internationally and the recording of Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 received a BBC Music Magazine Award 2016. The CD Sirens, with music by Anders Hillborg, won a 2016 Swedish Grammy Award.
The CD Distant Light, with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and world-renowned American soprano Renée Fleming, was released by Decca in 2017. This was followed up by an outstanding European tour with Renée Fleming in August-September 2017.
KonserthusetPlay.se is the orchestra's online concert hall. Launched in 2013 it offers a large selection of filmed performances with the RSPO, available for free streaming anywhere in the world. Recent exemples include Symphony No. 3 by Schumann and Symphony No. 10 by Shostakovich, both conducted by Sakari Oramo.
Concerts with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic OrchestraNathalie Stutzmann conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Wednesday 20 February 2019 18.00
Nathalie Stutzmann
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic OrchestraWagner and Strauss
Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Wednesday 20 February 2019 18.00
Ends approximately 19.00Price:
110-320 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planA short introduction to the forthcoming performance. The introduction takes place on the staircase towards the left hand stalls. The introduction is held in Swedish and is included in the ticket price.
Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss: two giants who comprise the absolute zenith of German Romanticism. In addition, Strauss was a great admirer of Wagner. The opera Tristan and Isolde in particular made an indelible impression on him, which is easy to understand. The music in the famous prelude, which is often performed together with the final scene, Isolde’s Liebestod, floats weightlessly forward without ever needing to touch the ground. The chord that creates the effect was a harmonic innovation that revolutionized music, and is also known as the Tristan chord.
The Master-Singers of Nuremberg, Wagner’s only comic opera is different from Tristan and Isolde, and it is the story of ordinary people rather than gods, heroes and giants. The prelude bulges with majestic force and also contains a wink to the seventeenth century in which the opera’s action plays out.
Richard Strauss is the obvious prominent figure of the symphonic poem. In Tod und Verklärung he portrays a lonely man who struggles with death and recalls experiences from the life he has lived. The slow introduction depicts a sickbed; the second movement’s stormy allegro describes the artist’s feverish struggle with death. Life flashes by in the third movement, before the enhanced clarity of the final movement brings ultimate redemption.
In parallel with a successful career as an alto vocalist, French Nathalie Stutzmann has recently garnered increasing attention as a conductor. She has led the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra on several occasions and is represented with concert videos on the web channel KonserthusetPlay.
KonserthusetPlay – Ravel Menuet antique & Une barque sur l'ocean!
With superb finesse and imagination, Maurice Ravel puts the orchestra’s entire potential for sound to use in these two short pieces. We can hear this ourselves as French Nathalie Stutzmann leads the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in this concert video. ListenKonserthusetPlay – Ravel La Valse!
Maurice Ravel’s ingenious, dramatic and humorous La valse is a tribute to the waltz and to Johan Strauss II. In this concert video, we experience the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of French conductor Nathalie Stutzmann. ListenKonserthusetPlay – Bizet L'arlésienne suites!
With her parallel careers as a vocal soloist and orchestral leader, French conductor and vocalist Nathalie Stutzmann is an extraordinary musical personality. Here she leads the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in both of Georges Bizet’s L’Arlésienne suites. Listen-
The music
Approximate times -
Richard Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde17 min
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Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration23 min
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Richard Wagner Prelude to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg10 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Nathalie Stutzmann Conductor
Wednesday 20 February 2019 18.00
Ends approximately 19.00Price:
110-320 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planA short introduction to the forthcoming performance. The introduction takes place on the staircase towards the left hand stalls. The introduction is held in Swedish and is included in the ticket price.
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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Thursday 21 February 2019 18.00
Nathalie Stutzmann
François Leleux
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic OrchestraWagner and Strauss
Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Thursday 21 February 2019 18.00
Ends approximately 20.00Price:
125-420 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planA short introduction to the forthcoming performance. The introduction takes place on the staircase towards the left hand stalls. The introduction is held in Swedish and is included in the ticket price.
Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss: two giants who comprise the absolute zenith of German Romanticism. In addition, Strauss was a great admirer of Wagner. The opera Tristan and Isolde in particular made an indelible impression on him, which is easy to understand. The music in the famous prelude, which is often performed together with the final scene, Isolde’s Liebestod, floats weightlessly forward without ever needing to touch the ground. The chord that creates the effect was a harmonic innovation that revolutionized music, and is also known as the Tristan chord.
The Master-Singers of Nuremberg, Wagner’s only comic opera is different from Tristan and Isolde, and it is the story of ordinary people rather than gods, heroes and giants. The prelude bulges with majestic force and also contains a wink to the seventeenth century in which the opera’s action plays out.
Richard Strauss is the obvious prominent figure of the symphonic poem. In Tod und Verklärung he portrays a lonely man who struggles with death and recalls experiences from the life he has lived. The slow introduction depicts a sickbed; the second movement’s stormy allegro describes the artist’s feverish struggle with death. Life flashes by in the third movement, before the enhanced clarity of the final movement brings ultimate redemption.
At this evening's concert we will also hear Strauss’ Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra with François Leleux, considered by many to be the world’s foremost oboist.
In parallel with a successful career as an alto vocalist, French Nathalie Stutzmann has recently garnered increasing attention as a conductor. She has led the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra on several occasions and is represented with concert videos on the web channel KonserthusetPlay.
KonserthusetPlay – Ravel Menuet antique & Une barque sur l'ocean!
With superb finesse and imagination, Maurice Ravel puts the orchestra’s entire potential for sound to use in these two short pieces. We can hear this ourselves as French Nathalie Stutzmann leads the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in this concert video. ListenKonserthusetPlay – Ravel La Valse!
Maurice Ravel’s ingenious, dramatic and humorous La valse is a tribute to the waltz and to Johan Strauss II. In this concert video, we experience the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of French conductor Nathalie Stutzmann. ListenKonserthusetPlay – Bizet L'arlésienne suites!
With her parallel careers as a vocal soloist and orchestral leader, French conductor and vocalist Nathalie Stutzmann is an extraordinary musical personality. Here she leads the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in both of Georges Bizet’s L’Arlésienne suites. Listen-
The music
Approximate times -
Richard Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde17 min
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Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto23 min
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Intermission25 min
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Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration23 min
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Richard Wagner Prelude to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg10 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Nathalie Stutzmann Conductor
- François Leleux oboe
Thursday 21 February 2019 18.00
Ends approximately 20.00Price:
125-420 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planA short introduction to the forthcoming performance. The introduction takes place on the staircase towards the left hand stalls. The introduction is held in Swedish and is included in the ticket price.
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© Lena Anderson
Emil Eliasson
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, EducationalMaja's Alpahabet songs
Tuesday 5 March 2019 09.30
Ends approximately 10.30The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planFor pre-schoolers.
Children’s book illustrator Lena Anderson’s ingenious alphabet verses with music by Kerstin Andeby are a true classic. For many years, the beautiful and fun songs have been sung by children at home and at school.
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra will also work with children from Adolf Fredrik’s music classes. And of course, the audience will be invited to sing along! Welcome to a concert filled with the joy of singing!
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The music
Approximate times -
Georges Bizet Förspel till akt I ur Carmen2 min
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bokstavsvisa arr Anders Högstedt2 min
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Kerstin Andeby Ask – Blåklint – Champinjon from Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt6 min
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Edvard Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 13 min
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Kerstin Andeby Krokodilen i bilen arr Anders Högstedt2 min
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Kerstin Andeby Daggkåpa – Förgätmigej – Smörblomma from Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt5 min
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Kerstin Andeby Ek ur Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt2 min
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Kerstin Andeby Vallmo from Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt2 min
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Hugo Alfvén Midsummer Vigil5 min
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Kerstin Andeby Midsommarblomster – Jordgubbe – Iris from Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt5 min
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Kerstin Andeby XYZ from Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt1 min
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Sergey Prokofiev March from The Love for Three Oranges2 min
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Kerstin Andeby Kaprifol ur Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt2 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Emil Eliasson Conductor
- Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser 4EFGH
- Marcus Josephson Host
Tuesday 5 March 2019 09.30
Ends approximately 10.30The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
Other occasions
Ends approximately 12.00
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 13.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 10.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 12.00
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 13.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 10.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 12.00
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 13.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 10.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 12.00
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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© Lena Anderson
Emil Eliasson
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, EducationalMaja's Alpahabet songs
Tuesday 5 March 2019 11.00
Ends approximately 12.00The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planFor pre-schoolers.
Children’s book illustrator Lena Anderson’s ingenious alphabet verses with music by Kerstin Andeby are a true classic. For many years, the beautiful and fun songs have been sung by children at home and at school.
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra will also work with children from Adolf Fredrik’s music classes. And of course, the audience will be invited to sing along! Welcome to a concert filled with the joy of singing!
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The music
Approximate times -
Georges Bizet Förspel till akt I ur Carmen2 min
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bokstavsvisa arr Anders Högstedt2 min
-
Kerstin Andeby Ask – Blåklint – Champinjon from Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt6 min
-
Edvard Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 13 min
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Kerstin Andeby Krokodilen i bilen arr Anders Högstedt2 min
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Kerstin Andeby Daggkåpa – Förgätmigej – Smörblomma from Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt5 min
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Kerstin Andeby Ek ur Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt2 min
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Kerstin Andeby Vallmo from Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt2 min
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Hugo Alfvén Midsummer Vigil5 min
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Kerstin Andeby Midsommarblomster – Jordgubbe – Iris from Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt5 min
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Kerstin Andeby XYZ from Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt1 min
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Sergey Prokofiev March from The Love for Three Oranges2 min
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Kerstin Andeby Kaprifol ur Majas alfabetssånger arr Anders Högstedt2 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Emil Eliasson Conductor
- Adolf Fredriks musikklasser
- Marcus Josephson Host
Tuesday 5 March 2019 11.00
Ends approximately 12.00The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
Other occasions
Ends approximately 10.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 13.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 10.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 12.00
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 13.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 10.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 12.00
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 13.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 10.30
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planEnds approximately 12.00
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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