Mamma Mia!, Shanghai - Première (BJÖRN)

Filmed: Monday 11 July 2011

Location: Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai, China

Broadcast: Monday 11 July 2011, China

Release status: Unreleased

Shown in: China

Additional information

Chief Operating Officer of UMGI (Universal Music Group International), Max Hole, launched the Chinese language version of Mamma Mia! iat a cocktail party in Shanghai along with Björn, who also said a few words. Björn was seen signing a poster of Mamma Mia! with his wife Lena; posing with the chinese cast and toasting the success of the musical alongside chinese dragons dancing to ABBA music chinese style.

He said, "I can tell you it's been a dream with me for seven years,  this moment, to be here to watch the Chinese version of Mamma Mia! tonight. Well, seven years ago roughly was the first non-English version of Mamma Mia!, that was in German and that was in Hamburg and that's when I realised that this musical works not only in English but in other languages too and the first country I thought of then I wanted to go to was China."

Footage was shown on:

  1. Shanghai Today
    Björn was seen the cocktail party and said a few words, then he was seen signing a Mamma Mia! poster, and at a photo call.

  2. TV News Report
    Björn took a bow at the end of the performance and was briefly interviewed.

There was also some private footage on YouTube with Björn taking to the stage - see VIDEO section.

Images from all (apart from the private footage) are above. To see which is which, click on the ( i ) on the top left-hand corner of the picture gallery.

Thanks to Erik Liebstaedter and Pepe.
YouTube links c/o mlstirland1 and shenxiaocendotcom

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