Meet the young opera singers attending this years Summer Academy! Experience a staged version with highlights from Don Giovanni – and a scene from Hansel and Gretel – plus the student's own favourite arias.
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Welcome to the Summer Academy's grand finale on Sunday – with Act 1 from Die Walküre by Wagner, and a selection of famous arias.
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‘Music’, said Claude Debussy, ‘is a dream from which one draws back the veils.’
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Giuseppe Verdis La traviata er en av operalitteraturens mest populære verk, med en gripende historie og uforglemmelig musikk.
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Bergen Nationale Opera's programme for 2025/26 includes a Nobel Prize winner and one of the world's most popular operas!
Forfatter Marit Eikemo og komponist Therese Ulvo har sammen med regissør Maren Bjørseth skapt den helt nye operaen Terminus. Vi tok en kjapp Q&A med skaperne. Urpremieren er på DNO&B i Oslo 15. mai og så kommer den "hjem" til Bergen 28. mai.
Here is a short guide to the characters in the opera Asle and Alida – also with a link to our biography for each artist.
Here's a summary of what happens in the opera Asle and Alida.
Would you like to rise as a ghost and scare your own murderer? We are looking specifically for the bass role as Il Commendatore in the opera Don Giovanni at our Summer Academy Opera by the Fjord in June. APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 23 / the application form is now closed /
The students at our summer academy Opera by the Fjord 2025 will get the chance to perform together with top professionals from orchestras in Vienna and the Nordic countries.
Soprano Malin Byström sings the supremely romantic aria 'Song to the moon' – one of the highlights in Dvořák’s opera Rusalka.
18. mars 2023 har Rusalka sin etterlengtede premiere i Grieghallen!
The Magic Flute by Mozart is one of the most loved operas worldwide. This production by Simon McBurney received rave reviews at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, Aix-en-Provence-festival, the English National Opera in London and at Bergen National Opera. All performances in Bergen were sold out in November 2022.
See The Merry Widow 2.0 in Grieghallen 26th March - 1st April 2022! Romantic confusion and caustic satire are but two of the ingredients when the cities of Bergen and Copenhagen unite in a brand new version of Lehár’s legendary operetta.
Carmen is one of the most performed operas in the world, but what happened after her brutal murder? Bergen National Opera’s new film ‘Obsession in isolation’ is a murder mystery set for our times. See the trailer here!
Bergen National Opera is delighted to present an Easter performance especially recorded along with Edvard Grieg Kor and singers who were part of our La clemenza di Tito, which Covid-19 forced us to cancel in March 2020. Our soloist Elisabeth Teige is one of the most sought after young dramatic sopranos in Scandinavia. We also welcome children from EGK's talent programme.