Bente Rolandsdotter has established herself as an internationally acclaimed costume designer, currently living in Stockholm, freelancing in the field of opera, dance and theatre.
Her style; a mixture of contemporary avant garde and historical fashion, offers a playfullness with both genres and proportions. Her set designs portraits both the mythological and emotional.
In a multi-year work with choreographer rjan Andersson, she created the costumes for GOLDBERG VARIATIONS-ternary patterns for insomnia and PRELUDE -skydiving from a dream - works which been shown at the Barbican in London, Kennedy Center Washington, Tramway Glasgow, Shanghai Concert Hall, Armel Opera Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and The Savannah Festival.
Her deep interest in newly written operas has led to premiers such as Missy Mazzolis BREAKING THE WAVES and ZEBRAN at the Vadstena-Academy as well as KLAUS NOMI and MIN BROR R DON JUAN at the Royal Operan in Stockholm.
Rolandsdotters collaboration with Operabyrn to presenting forgotten baroque gems has resulted in the world premiers of three chamber operas; LOVISA ULRIKA , KURTISANEN & KRLEKEN and INGJUTET I MITT HJRTA performed at the Specs on! Festival in Berlin.
Bente is the recipient of Bo Bringborns Minnespris for her work highlighting forgotten female opera composers. Her costume & make up design gave her the OPER AWARDS "world premiere 2023" for her work on the accaimed production of LILI ELBE. Her costume designs have been displayed at a solo exhibition at Capellagrden, and her styling projects in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Opera have been presented in the exhibition EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE IS REAL at Dansmuseet in Stockholm.
As co-founder and Artistic leader of Den Andra Operan (DAO) she also devotes her time to acknowledge female opera composers and revitalize the opera repertoire by producing their forgotten works from 1625-1900. So far presenting work by Walpurgis, Aboulkher, Viardot, von Bayreuth and Caccini
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