Grieg Hall , where the Bergen National Opera is basedBergen National Opera (Norwegian: Bergen Nasjonale Opera ) in Bergen , Norway, originally called Den Nye Opera (the new opera) is a foundation established in 2005 by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra , Den Nationale Scene , Grieghallen and the Bergen International Festival . In 2007 Opera Vest became a part of the foundation, which aims to be the regional opera company for Western Norway . The name Bergen Nasjonale Opera was used from 2012.
In addition to professional opera, Bergen National Opera also runs participatory programs for children, teenagers and young adults. BNO is based in Grieghallen in the city of Bergen.
The foundation is supported by the Ministry of Culture , the Vestland county, the city of Bergen, and private supporters.
Artistic directors 2005 - 2007 Stein Olav Henrichsen 2007 - 2010 Stein Olav Henrichsen 2010 - 2020 Mary Miller[1] 2021 - Eivind Gullberg Jensen Main partners Bergen National Opera's main partners are
Children and young adults Bergen National Opera runs several projects for children and teenagers in schools.
The Summer Academy "Opera by fjord" at Oseana is arranged every year since 2021, and is now for young singers, orchestra musicians, conductors and repetiteurs over 18.
Programme Season of 2006 Season of 2007/08 Season of 2008/09 Season of 2009/10 Season of 2010/11 Season of 2011/12 Season of 2012/13 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, Lester Lynch - Recital at DNS Werther (Jules Massenet) Grieghallen Season of 2019/20 Sweeney Todd (Stephen Sondheim) La clemenza di Tito (W.A. Mozart) Grieghallen / Cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdown Salome (Richard Strauss) Grieghallen / Cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdown Future Opera (Bára Gísladóttir / Peder Barratt-Due) / Cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdown This Evening's Performance Has Not Been Cancelled (Zoë Irvine) / in collaboration with Bergen International Festival Carmen (Bizet) / Movie inspired by the opera by Bizet Season of 2020/21 Macbeth (Verdi) Grieghallen / Cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdown La clemenza di Tito (W.A. Mozart) Grieghallen Last chapter / Festival Season of 2021/22 Opera by the Fjord - Concert at Oseana (August 2021) Rusalka (Antonín Dvořák) Grieghallen / Cancelled due to strike in the cultural sector Operetta Concert at DNS The Merry Widow (Lehár) Grieghallen Opera by the Fjord - Concert at Oseana (July 2022) including Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini) Season of 2022/23 Triple Mozart - Concert at DNS The Magic Flute (W.A. Mozart) Grieghallen Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti) - Grieghallen (Peer Gynt) Rusalka (Antonín Dvořák) Grieghallen References ^ "Nytt åremål for Miller", Ballade , 2 December 2014 (in Norwegian) External links