On 4 August 2009, ticket sales for the first award ceremony of the Birgit Nilsson Prize will start on www.birgitnilssonprize.org. The festive ceremony will take place at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm on 13 October 2009 in the presence of the Royal Family and the designated winner Plácido Domingo. The musical programme stars soprano Nina Stemme and the conductor Gregor Bühl.