''Waldemarsskatten'' (Waldemar's Treasure) is a romantic opera in 4 acts by

Andreas Hallén Johan Andreas Hallén (22 December 1846 – 11 March 1925) was a Swedish Romantic composer, conductor and music teacher, primarily known for his operas, which were heavily influenced by Richard Wagner’s music dramas. Hallén was born in Got ...

to a libretto by Axel von Klinkowström. Composed in 1898, it was first performed 8 April 1899 at the

Royal Swedish Opera Royal Swedish Opera ( sv, Kungliga Operan) is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Location and environment The building is located in the center of Sweden's capital Stockholm in the borough of Norrmalm, on the eastern side ...

, under conductor Conrad Nordqvist.Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters: Werke, Donizetti-Henze Carl Dahlhaus, Sieghart Döhring, Universität Bayreuth. Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater · 1986 p 656 Waldemarsskatten Romantisk opera i fyra akter Waldemars Schatz Romantische Oper in 4 Akten Text : Axel Alexander Camille Rudolf Emanuel Freiherr von Klinckowström Uraufführung : 8. April 1899 , Königliches Theater , Stockholm ... The libretto is based on the medieval Danish king

Valdemar Atterdag Valdemar IV Atterdag (the epithet meaning "Return of the Day"), or Waldemar (132024 October 1375) was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375. He is mostly known for his reunion of Denmark after the bankruptcy and mortgaging of the country to finance w ...

who plundered and burned Visby. His most successful opera, it was given sixty times at the Royal Opera and later also in Karlruhe.

Recording

''Waldemarsskatten'' - Anders Larsson, Karin Ingebäck, Martina Dike, Ingrid Tobiasson, Christina Green, Stig Tysklind, Anders Lorentzson, Lars-Erik Jonsson, Lars Avidsson, Lars Arvidsson, Lena Hoel, Frederik Zetterström, Jan Sörberg, Lage Wedin, Richard Collin, Frederick Zetterström Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Swedish Radio Choir,

B. Tommy Andersson Bengt Tommy Andersson (born 26 July 1964 in Borås, Sweden) is a Swedish conductor and composer. Andersson received his training as a conductor at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, where he worked with Eric Ericson, Péter Eötvös, Brian Pri ...

recorded 2001, issued 2CD Sterling 2023

References

Libretto in Swedish
{{Opera-stub Operas 1898 operas Swedish-language operas