THE MAGICAL HOUSE

In episode 15 of The Magical House, the Young Opera visits the Royal Swedish Opera's workshops. We will learn how to go from model to reality in the carpentry, forgery, tapestry and painting workshops. At an angle of how many degrees do you weld, why do you sit in a hole (!) in the floor when you are sewing a backdrop and why do they have so many "biscuits" in the carpentry? You will find all the answers here!

Download our teacher's guide (in Swedish) to the episode here »

A big thank you to JACOB WALLENBERGS STIFTELSE, SÄRSKILDA FONDEN, for making this episode possible.

In the Opera House, there are sounds everywhere! In episode 13 of The Magical House, sound supervisor Lars-Göran explains how he and the rest of the sound department make sure that the audience can hear everything that happens on stage and how to amplify emotions with sound. But what exactly is sound, and can sound be visual? Sound researcher Karl answers, and we also learn that to record an opera, 80 microphones are needed around the stage, and even in the chandelier! Download our teacher's guide to the episode here (in Swedish) »

A big thank you to JACOB WALLENBERGS STIFTELSE, SÄRSKILDA FONDEN, for making this episode possible.

In episode 11 of the Magical House, we meet property masters Mia and Rebeca and step into a world of self-flipping books, swords, and fake food. In the props storage you can find all possible, and impossible, things and what does not already exist, Mia and Rebeca create in different, ingenious ways. But how can you keep track of all the props during a performance? And what does it mean to "bubba" something? In the props episode you will get all the answers! Download the teacher's guide to the episode here (in Swedish) »

A big thank you to JACOB WALLENBERGS STIFTELSE, SÄRSKILDA FONDEN, for making this episode possible.

In episode 9 of The Magical House, we take a closer look at the Opera's lighting department. The explorer Dilan meets up with lighting master Niclas and technician Martin who show us how the lighting is created behind the scenes. How can you create different emotions and moods with different lights? How do you change the colour of a spotlight? And can you control where the audience will focus on the stage with the help of the lighting? This episode will bring you all the answers!

The episode is accompanied by a teacher's guide (in Swedish) that can be used in the classroom as well as at home - download it here.

A big thank you to Jacob Wallenbergs Stiftelse, Särskilda Fonden, for making this episode possible.

EPISODE 8. In episode 8 of The Magical House, we visit the make-up and wig department where the Opera's wigs, hair and make-up artists work. Together with the explorer Dilan, we get to see how to create a wig, how to create a mask modeled for a face and how make-up can create everything from bleeding wounds to a grand, fairytale king. The wig and make-up department has the ability to transform someone young into old, create monsters or beautiful swans, an important part of the magic of the opera stage!

The episode is accompanied by a teacher's guide (in Swedish) that can be used in the classroom as well as at home - you can download it here »

A big thank you to the Signature Foundation for making this episode possible.

In this episode our cicerone Sara visits the archive, a place filled with the Royal Swedish Opera's history. The archivist Helena shows us grand old books with both gossip and disciplinary rules from the 18th century. In the archive there are also objects, scenery models and costumes, but why are some of the these placed in the freezer? And when does something become history, tomorrow or maybe already today? We also learn who is called »the Swedish nightingale« and what happened when she got discovered!
The Young at the Opera section has created the web series The Magical House for grades 1-3. Here there are over 1000 rooms and 120 professions – which we discover together!

The episode is accompanied by a teacher's guide (in Swedish) that can be used in the classroom as well as at home.

A big thank you to the Signature Foundation for making this episode possible.

PART 4 - THE OPERA HOUSE. Welcome to the Opera House! Art and magic is created here all year round. Did you know that the Opera House is twelve storeys high and 27,000 square meters in size? That’s the equivalent of 64 basketball courts! In this episode of The Magical House, we pay the auditorium a visit and have a peak behind the main stage – there’s so much to discover behind the scenes during a performance! Together with our discoverer Sara, we meet some of the key people who work here. Just about everyone on and behind the stage is equally important to make the Opera a truly magical house.

The Young at the Opera section has created the web series The Magical House for grades 1-3. Here there are over 1000 rooms and 120 professions - which we discover together!
Teacher? Use our teacher's guide in the classroom - you can download it here » (in Swedish).
A big thank you to the Signatur Foundation Sweden for making this episode possible.

Costume magic! At the top of the Opera building you find the costume department. The Royal Opera actually has more than 30 000 costumes! The costumes strongly contributes to the magic created on stage - they invite us to a world of magicians, bears and princesses - and all in between. Together with our host, Sara, we try on some costumes and we get to know more about how to get the right costume on the right person! 
The Young at the Opera section has created the web series The Magical House for classes 1-3. There are more than 1000 rooms and 120 professions that we will discover together! This is the second episode of the series.
You can find our holiday activities' guide above!
Teacher? Use our teacher's guide in the classroom - you can download it here (in Swedish).
A big thank you to Astrid Ohlin who made this episode possible - to the memory of Jan Ohlin - and Wallenius Lines.
In Swedish.