Puccini's opera La Bohème at the Gothenburg Opera and dinner at Swedish Taste. The American Club of Sweden invites all opera lovers to join our members in Gothenburg at 15.00 on Saturday April 24, 2010 for an afternoon performance of one of the world’s most loved operas, Puccini’s ”La Bohème” at the spectacular Gothenburg Opera House.

Tickets cost 500 SEK and should be paid to the ACS bankgiro 160-4040 at the same time as you register at events@amclubsweden.org. When making payment please indicate that the payment is for “Gothenburg Opera”. The deadline for registration and payment is March 22, 2010. We have reserved a limited number of tickets to the opera and will apply the “first come – first serve” principle.
Participants organize their travel and accommodation themselves. If you have any questions, please contact ACS Board Member Martin Dworén ( martin.dworen@fryshuset.se or tel 0768-987 004).

You are invited to visit www.sv.opera.se for further information:

About the opera: This work about four young artists’ struggle for their daily bread in Paris at the turn of the century, as well as the love story between the seamstress Mimì who suffers from a lung disease and the poet Rodolfo, will never cease to captivate its audience. As well as containing absolute charms of operatic literature such as “What a cold little hand” and “They call me Mimì” and Musetta’s waltz aria, it also poses important questions about what it means to be a grown-up, to take one’s responsibility and to accept the conditions of reality in order to survive.

About the opera house: When architect Jan Izikowitz was drawing the opera house he found inspiration in the world of opera. But also in the splendid fairytale landscape surrounding Gothenburg harbour. Silhouettes of ships, hulls, wind-filled sails, bridges and harbour cranes can be seen in the architecture of the building.

After the performance seats for dinner have been reserved at the famous Swedish Taste Restaurant, just opposite the opera house. At www.swedishtaste.nu you can read more about this renowned establishment including that: swedish taste was founded at the turn of the century and is now owned and run by Magnus Lindström, Chef of the Year 2003 and a member of the Swedish Culinary Team, together with Per Blomqvist, sommelier and Sweden's first ever lecturer in beverages. Everyone who works at Swedish Taste has a common mission: to offer "Innovative experiences within food and beverages".