Classical Music and Opera
Copenhagen boasts a wide range of classical music and is home to a number of top-class ensembles - including the Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Academic Orchestra and Choir, and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir - and two opera companies, based at Det Kongelige Teater and Den Anden Opera. Thanks to subsidies, tickets are fairly cheap: there are many free concerts in the city, though seats for big opera productions can run as high as 1200kr - tickets for most performances are available through Billetnet. There are also regular classical music concerts in many of Copenhagen's grandest churches , including Vor Frue Kirke, Vor Frelsers Kirke, Marmorkirken, Skt Petri Kirke and the church in Kastellet - a free quarterly programme listing all these concerts is available from the churches themselves or from the Wonderful Copenhagen tourist office; most are either free or very modestly priced. Look out, too, for concerts in the city's museums (including Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Louisiana, Arken, the Statens Museum for Kunst and the National Museum) and in the Queen's Hall of the Black Diamond.
An excellent resource on classical music in Copenhagen is the Danish Music Information Centre, at Grabrødretorv 16 (tel 33 11 20 66, www.mic.dk ), which has information on all aspects of Danish music.
Den Anden Opera Kronprinsensgade 7, Indre By tel 33 93 60 93 Bus #31, #42 or #43. An offbeat alternative to Det Kongelige Teater, Den Anden Opera ("The Other Opera") stages small-scale new chamber operas by contemporary Danish composers. Det Kongelige Teater Kongens Nytorv, Indre By tel 33 69 69 69 www.kgl-teater.dk Bus #1, #6, #10 or #31. Copenhagen's grandest theatre and opera house, with prices to match, stages a fairly conservative range of mainstream operas and classical concerts. Prices rise according to the scale of the production (100-1200kr), and tickets for popular works sell out very fast. Tickets bought from the box office after 5pm on the day of performance are reduced by 50 percent, and you can book online seven days in advance. Tickets not available through Billetnet. Radiohuset Koncertsal Rosenørns Alle 22, Frederiksberg tel 35 20 30 40 Bus #2, #3, #8, #11, #13, #68, #69 or #250S. A classic of twentieth-century Danish architecture - all wood panelling and sweeping curves - Radiohuset is also something of a white elephant, having been built ten metres shorter than originally planned due to lack of funds, a shortcut which drastically affected the hall's acoustics. Now hosts regular performances by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Rundetarn Købmagergade, Indre By tel 33 73 03 73 Bus #5 or Nørreport Station. Regular chamber-music recitals (50-80kr), generally at weekends, with a free concert in the observatory every full moon. Tivolis Koncertsal Tietgensgade 20, Indre By tel 33 15 10 01 www.tivoli.dk Bus #1, #2, #6, #8, #28, #29, #550S, #650S, Vesterport S-Tog or Central Station. Inside Tivoli, the garden's concert hall stages a variety of classical performances, often featuring the major national orchestras. Tickets are available through Billetnet, except for concerts put on by Det Kongelige Teater, which must be bought direct from them.
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