Nyuppsättning

Nyuppsättning is a Swedish term used in performing arts to denote a new staging or production of a work. It refers to a fresh realization of a play, musical, opera, or dance piece that is mounted by a theatre company, festival, or venue. The emphasis of nyuppsättning is on presenting the work in a new form or interpretation, rather than on the original premiere.

Etymology: The word is formed from ny meaning new and uppsättning meaning staging, production, or arrangement. In usage, nyuppsättning signals that the production is a distinct undertaking from earlier versions.

Usage: A nyuppsättning is typically characterized by changes in creative leadership or design, such as a new director, cast, set, costumes, or choreography. It may be a revival, a reimagined interpretation, or a contemporary re-staging of the piece, sometimes relocating it to a different venue or era.

Contexts: The term is common in theatre, opera, and dance, and can also appear in discussions of large-scale musical productions. In media and program notes, one might read that a theater has announced a new nyuppsättning of a well-known work.

Relation to other terms: Nyuppsättning differs from premiär, the first public performance. It can overlap with revival or with nyproduktion depending on whether the work is an established title being staged again or a newly created work.

See also: premiär, revival, uppsättning, nyproduktion.