Bergen National Opera
Grieg Hall, where the Bergen National Opera is based
Bergen National Opera (Norwegian: Bergen Nasjonale Opera) in Bergen, Norway, originally called Den Nye Opera (the new opera)[1] is a foundation established in 2005 by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Den Nationale Scene, Grieghallen and the Bergen International Festival. In 2007 became a part of the foundation, which aims to be the regional opera company for Western Norway.
In addition to professional opera, Bergen National Opera also runs a participatory program for children and teenagers.
The foundation is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Arts Council Norway, the Hordaland community, the city of Bergen, and several other funds, associations and private supporters.
Opera directors[]
- 2005–2007 Stein Olav Henrichsen
- 2007–2010 Stein Olav Henrichsen
- 2010– Mary Miller[2]
Opera orchestras[]
Bergen National Opera cooperates with the following orchestras:
Children and youth[]
Bergen National Opera runs several projects for children and teenagers in schools.[3]
- Skriv en Opera!
- Prosjekt Opera
- Unge Stemmer[4]
Programme[]
Season of 2006[]
Season of 2007/08[]
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Michael Nyman) ,
- () . Co-production with
- Carmen (Georges Bizet / Henri Meilhac / Ludovic Halévy) Grieghallen
- L'Amour de loin (Kaija Saariaho / Amin Maalouf) Grieghallen
- Die Walküre (Richard Wagner) Grieghallen
Season of 2008/09[]
- Melancholia (Georg Friedrich Haas / Jon Fosse) Grieghallen
- Der fliegende Holländer (Richard Wagner) Grieghallen
- (Bent Sørensen / ) Grieghallen – Première
- Bluebeard's Castle (Béla Bartók / Béla Balázs) Grieghallen
- Die Dreigroschenoper (Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill) Grieghallen – Berliner Ensemble
- Eugene Onegin (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Bergenhus Fortress
Season of 2009/10[]
- (Vladimir Tarnopolsky / Roald Dahl, oversatt av Klaus Hagerup) Grieghallen
- (Glenn Erik Haugland / ) / / – Première
- Opera gala with Barbara Frittoli, Grieghallen
- (Henrik Hellstenius) Teatr Wielki, Poland
- The Marriage of Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Grieghallen
- (Edvard Fliflet Bræin / ) Bergenhus Fortress
- La traviata (Giuseppe Verdi / Francesco Maria Piave) Bergenhus Fortress
Season of 2010/11[]
- ( / Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen) / Den Nationale Scene / National Theatre of Szeged, Hungary – Première
- Alpha and More, guest performance by the Polish National Ballet
- La bohème (Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica / Giuseppe Giacosa) Grieghallen
- The Tales of Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach / Jules Barbier / Michel Carré) Grieghallen
- (Glenn Erik Haugland / ) Oslo Opera House
- Oedipus rex (Igor Stravinsky / Jean Cocteau) Grieghallen
- Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck) Grieghallen
Season of 2011/12[]
- (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Christian Köhler / Jeroen Brouwers) / Peer Gynt Theatre, Grieghallen / /
- Siegfried (Richard Wagner) Grieghallen
- L'Étoile (Emmanuel Chabrier) Grieghallen
- Pelléas et Mélisande (Claude Debussy) Logen Teater
- Xerxes (George Frideric Handel) Grieghallen
- La Cenerentola (Gioachino Rossini) Grieghallen
Season of 2012/13[]
- The Cunning Little Vixen (Leoš Janáček) Grieghallen
- Marco Polo (Tan Dun) Grieg Hall
- Alt om min familie () Logen Teater
- Fidelio (Ludwig van Beethoven) Grieghallen
Season of 2013/14[]
- The Golden Cockerel (Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakov) Grieghallen
- Voices and Votes (Orlando Gough) Grieghallen
- Påske (Gisle Kverndokk) Logen Teater
Season of 2014/15[]
- Aida (Giuseppe Verdi) Grieghallen
- Folie à Deux (Emily Hall / Sjón) USF Verftet
- Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Grieg Hall
- St. Mark Passion (J.S. Bach) Bergen Domkirke
Season of 2015/16[]
- Mimí Goes Glamping - Operafestival at Åmot Operagard / Villa Åmot
- Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini) Grieghallen
- Verklärte Nacht / Erwartung (Arnold Schönberg) Grieghallen
- It's all true (Travis Just) Cornerteateret
Season of 2016/17[]
- Mimí Goes Glamping - Operafestival at Åmot Operagard / Villa Åmot
- Dama til Mozart (Thomas Guthrie) Tour
- Eli synger Ella - Concert at DNS
- I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Vincenzo Bellini) Grieghallen
- Sae-Kyung Rim, Mari Eriksmoen, Magnus Staveland, Marianne Beate Kielland - Recitals in Håkonshallen
- Private View (Annelies Van Parys / Jen Hadfield) Cornerteateret
- Il turco in Italia (Gioacchino Rossini) Grieghallen
- Peter Grimes (Benjamin Britten) Grieg Hall / Edinburgh International Festival
- Messiah (Georg Friedrich Händel) DNS
Season of 2017/18[]
- Paperbag Princess (Robert Munsch) Åmot Operagard / Ulvsnesøy / Fjaler
- Mimí Goes Glamping - Operafestival at Åmot Operagard / Villa Åmot
- Hansel and Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck) Tour
- Otello (Giuseppe Verdi) Grieghallen
- Lise Davidsen - Concert in Aulaen
- Kristina Mkhitaryan, Rame Lahaj, Marita Sølberg - Recitals in Håkonshallen
- Future Opera (Rebecka Ahvenniemi, Øyvind Mæland, Lars Skoglund)
- The Flying Dutchman (Richard Wagner) Grieghallen
Season of 2018/19[]
- Carmen (Georges Bizet) Terminus Hall
- Candide (Leonard Bernstein) Grieghallen
- Latonia Moore, - Recital at DNS
- Werther (Jules Massenet) Grieghallen
References[]
- ^ Eva Grimstad, "Operabyen Bergen", Meninger, Bergens Tidende, 3 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Nytt åremål for Miller", Ballade, 2 December 2014 (in Norwegian)
- ^ Barn og unge, Bergen National Opera
- ^ Unge stemmer[permanent dead link], Bergen National Opera
External links[]
Categories:
- Norwegian opera companies
- 2005 establishments in Norway
- Musical groups established in 2005
- Arts organizations established in 2005