• Year of composition: 1865
• Work category: Incidental music
• Text author: Frans Hedberg (1828-1908)
• Dedication: (Frans Hedberg's dedication: To Mrs Elise Hwasser)
  
• First performed: At the Kgl. Stora Theatern [The Royal Theatre/Opera in Stockholm] on 1st April, 1865 (according to Hedberg’s libretto).
  Performers: Georg Dahlquist (Birger Jarl), Fru Swartz (Metchild/Mechthild), Axel Elmlund (Bengt lagman), Gustav Kinmanson (Härved Boson), Mlle Sandberg (Magnild), N. W. Almöf (Knut), Mlle Bock (Ingrid), Elise Hwasser ([to whom Hedberg dedicated his text] Sigrid), Robert Broman (Botvid), Hr [Mr.] Hanson (Kol Tynneson), Elev. Hr Callmén [Mr. Callmén, a student] (Sune), Hr [Mr.] Svensson (Björn), Mlle Dahlquist (Inga), as well as more than 100 extras from the choir and ballet, a.o. (according to Freund’s C1 paper, 1985)
• Duration: Approx. 120-180 min
• Detailed duration: Ca 180 min [incl. intervals] according to the Royal Opera's advertisement of the premiere. (Specified duration, according to several annotations in the parts material: Act I 45', Act II 20', Act III 30', information regarding Act IV is missing)
  88' according to broadcast SR P1, 26 July, 1992
  

Instrumentation

2*.2.2.2 / 2.2.1*.0 / timp / str
(picc, bass tbn)
1 hn and 1 trp 'På Theatern; Efter No 4. Bröllopslek och Dans' [On the stage; after No. 4 Wedding game and Dance]

Solo voices/choir

All parts are speaking parts (there is, however, a song for a soprano [sung by Inga]). Mixed choir.

Birger Jarl, to Bjellbo (Bjälbo)
Metchild/Mechthild, his consort
Bengt Lagman, his brother
Härved … Read moreBoson, the jarl's chieftain
Magnhild, his wife, the jarl’s sister
Knut Algotson, knight
Ingrid, his wife
Sigrid, their daughter
Botvid, prior at Wreta [Abbey]
Kol Tynneson, Bengt's equerry
Sune, Bengt's writer
Björn, Knut's old squire
Inga, his daughter

Knights, Bridesmaids, Esquires, Foot soldiers, Peasants

Mixed choir (S.A.T.B.) Collapse

Examples of printed editions

Visa (Ingas visa) [Song (inga's song)]: Abr. Lundquist, Abr. L. 4993 (with piano ackompaniment)
Bröllopsmarsch [Wedding march]: Elkan & Schildknecht, E.S. 287 (piano reduction)
Bröllopslek [… Read moreWedding game]: Elkan & Schildknecht, E. & S. 1223 (piano reduction) Collapse

Location for score and part material

Handwritten orchestral parts, as well as conductor’s material can be found in the collections of the Musik- och teaterbiblioteket. The ’Basso’ part does not mention vc, but both db and vc are … Read morespecified in the score. Collapse

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Kungl. Teatern [the Royal Opera], Operetter [Operettas] B 28

Literature

• Bröllopet på Ulfåsa. Skådespel i fyra akter. Svenskt original af F. Hedberg. Uppfördt på Kgl. Stora Theatern första gången d. 1 April 1865. Albert Bonniers Förlag (Högbergska … Read moreboktryckeriet, Stockholm) 1865
• Freund, Susanna: Om Bröllopet på Ulfåsa på Kungliga Teatern 1865, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för teater och filmvetenskap, bachelor's thesis 1985
• Jeanson, Gunnar: August Söderman. En svensk tondiktares liv och verk, 1926 Collapse

Description of work

The play takes place in Östergötland [a province in Sweden], partly at Bjelbo [sic!], and partly at and around Ulfåsa. The year is 1261.

Links

The Bröllopet på Ulfåsa libretto can be found at the Litteraturbanken [Swedish Literature Bank]

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Work comment

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Libretto/text