OperaPub at Underlig
Join us at Underlig on the first Wednesday of the month - either just listening or sing along!
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- Tucked away in the far north, Bergen National Opera may be a hidden treasure, but, as this performance proved, it's world class. Opera Today on Otello
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Opera at Fedje (SOLD OUT)
Join us for an adventure at Fedje, an exotic island on the west coast of Norway; a seafood feast and lovely arias!
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Festival of song
Bergen National Opera and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra present a week with exceptional singing.
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Lise Davidsen
Recital with songs by Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss.
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Opera galla
Winners of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition sing with previous laureates and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
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From Russia with Love
An evening with Russian favourites - opera, folk music and more.
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Dronning Sonja Internasjonale Musikkonkurranse
The Queen Sonja International Music Competition is one of the world’s leading voice competitions. BNO's General & Artistic Director, Mary Miller, is a board member.
New Artistic & General Director
The renowned Norwegian conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen takes over from Mary Miller as the new Artistic and General Director of Bergen National Opera in 2021.
Salome åpner Festspillene i Bergen 2020
– Salome er en forbløffende opera, en spektakulær historie fortalt gjennom revolusjonerende musikk. Sammen skaper vi en oppsiktsvekkende begivenhet for åpningen av Festspillene, sier operasjef Mary Miller
Video: Werther by Massenet
Werther's music counts as some of the most gorgeously romantic ever written. Here you can see the live recording from 22 March 2019, with Edgaras Montvidas and Catriona Morison as Werther and Charlotte.
"Pure pleasure" - Klassisk Musikk
"Warmly recommended" - Bergensavisen
"An elegant and floating production" - Bergens Tidende
How to make misery interesting
I´ve just been down in the rehearsal room where Massenet´s hero Werther has been dying since 10:00 this morning. The atmosphere is brisk and deeply practical.
Diversity, quality and leadership
It was Winston Churchill who once suggested that ‘while we shape our buildings, afterwards our buildings shape us.’ The content of those buildings – who are they for, and how should they be led - is a conversation currently much in focus.
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La clemenza di Tito: S'altro che lagrime
Soprano Beate Mordal sings Servilia's aria "S'altro che lagrime" from the opera "La clemenza di Tito" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). With Ivar Anton Waagaard on piano.
Beate Mordal sings the role of Servilia in Bergen National Opera's new production of La clemenza di Tito (premiere 21st March 2020).
Recorded in Østre Aker Church (2019).
Copyright @ Beate Mordal
Werther: Va! Laisse couler mes larmes
Catriona Morison, Cardiff Singer of the World 2017 competition winner, makes her Scandinavian debut as Charlotte.
Werther by Massenet
Werther's music counts as some of the most gorgeously romantic ever written. Here you can see the live recording from 22 March 2019, with Edgaras Montvidas and Catriona Morison as Werther and Charlotte.
"Pure pleasure" - Klassisk Musikk
"Warmly recommended" - Bergensavisen
"An elegant and floating production" - Bergens Tidende
Se videoklipp fra Werther
"En ren nytelse" - Klassisk Musikk
"Anbefales på det varmeste" - BA
"En elegant, flytende tolkning" - BT
Pourquoi me réveiller - Edgaras Montvidas
"Pourquoi me réveiller" is a famous aria from the opera Werther by Jules Massenet, which you can see in a new production by Bergen National Opera between the 16th and 22nd March 2019.
Glitter and be gay - Vuvu Mpofu
Hear the beautiful and demanding coloratura aria performed by Vuvu Mpofu, at Bergen National Opera's new production of Candide.