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Opportunities at Opera by the Fjord

So far 14 singers, conductors and musicians from Opera by the Fjord - Summer Academy have been engaged at Bergen National Opera's main productions in Grieghallen.

Bergen National Opera offers engagements to especially talented participants from the Opera by the Fjord – Summer Academy.

Here's a list from our main stage productions:

Maia Reppe - Noah (Nattfolket 2026)
Eldrid Gorset - Ciril (Nattfolket 2026)
Filippo Barsali - Assistant Conductor (La traviata 2026)
Melissa Baug - Annina (La traviata 2026)
Mikael Horned - Barone Douphol (La traviata 2026)
Anna Hartmann - Assistant Conductor (Pelléas et Mélisande 2025)
Sofia Nesje Enger - Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande 2025)
Annika Beinnes - Yniold (Pelléas et Mélisande 2025)
Christina Jønsi - Den yngre kvinna (Asle og Alida 2025)
Annika Beinnes - Adele (Die Fledermaus 2024)
Andreas van Tol - Assistant Conductor (Die tote Stadt 2024)
Jacob Abel - Balthazar (Amahl and the Night Visitors 2024)
Mathilda Bryngelsson - Feklusha (Katya Kabanova 2023)
Ian Marcus Bjørsvik - En jeger (Rusalka 2023)

A HUGE THANKS!
Funds from our generous supporters make it possible to arrange Opera by the Fjord – Summer Academy. The support is invaluable for talent development in Western Norway and provides opportunities for young voices – both through guidance and experience at the academy itself, and also further in their careers in operas at Bergen National Opera. Many thanks to our supporters Grieg Foundation, Talent Norge, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB and GC Rieber Fondene, who make it possible to arrange Opera by the Fjord – Summer Academy.

Photos (top of page): Opera by the Fjord - Summer Academy
Photos (below): Sofia Nesje Enger in Pelléas et Mélisande, Annika Beinnes in Die Fledermaus, Annika Beinnes in Pelléas et Mélisande, Mathilda Bryngelsson in Katya Kabanova, Ian Marcus Bjørsvik in Rusalka, Jacob Abel in Amahl and the Night Visitors

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