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Amahl og de tre vise menn
18/12/2024

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti is a much-loved opera for the whole family, which since its premiere in 1951 has become a Christmas classic around the world.

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05/02/2025

OperaPub

Join us for an informal night out at Kulturhuset in the heart of Bergen - either just enjoy listening or sing along!

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29/03/2025

Asle and Alida

World premiere! Spring 2025 Bergen National Opera proudly presents a love story by Jon Fosse and Bent Sørensen.

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What happens in The Dead City?

Get ready for an extraordinary love triangle: The amorous and confused Paul stands between two women who look completely identical: One is his deceased wife Marie, the other is the vivacious dancer Marietta.

Korngold

A prodigy rediscovered

Erich Wolfgang Korngold had an extraordinary life, buffeted between three very different worlds: Mahler’s Vienna, Errol Flynn’s Hollywood, and the years of reckoning that followed World War II.

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What happens in Die Fledermaus?

In our new production the story is moved from Vienna in the 19th century to the Norwegian cities of Bergen and Oslo in our own time.

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WANTED: Wotan, Sarastro & Fafner (2024)

Do you wish to be the greatest god of all at our Summer Academy 2024? Or the high priest and also a giant? We are now searching for two male singers in the roles as Wotan – and Sarastro & Fafner. Application deadline: March 8, 2024. // The application forms are now closed. //

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Rusalka / Song to the Moon

Soprano Malin Byström sings the supremely romantic aria 'Song to the moon' – one of the highlights in Dvořák’s opera Rusalka.

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The Magic Flute / Trailer

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.

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The Merry Widow 2.0 / trailer

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.

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Carmen - trailer

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!

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Easter Hymn from Cavalleria rusticana

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.