Tag: Ballet
“The Rake’s Progress” at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet – Reviews and recommendations
“The Rake’s Progress” tells the story of the night owl Tom Rakewell who, after inheriting a fortune, allows himself to be lured by the devil into a madhouse that begins…
“Blåskjegg’s castle” at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet – Reviews and recommendations
Opera director Tobias Kratzer is in the wind at the moment. The 44-year-old German is both awarded and declared a genius for his inventive productions of both well-known and lesser-known…
“Nothing” at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet – Reviews and recommendations
Janne Teller’s youth novel “Ingenting” (Danish: “Nothing”) has had a remarkable spread since its publication in 2000. The book was hardly noticed when it was published, somewhat reluctantly on the…
“La traviata” at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet – Reviews and recommendations
There hasn’t exactly been a shortage of full-stage productions of “La traviata” here on the mountain in recent years. Both Northern Norwegian Opera (2013), Den Norske Opera og Ballett (2015),…
“Così fan tutte” at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet – Reviews and recommendations
“Così fan tutte” has always been the problem child among Mozart’s three late opera comedies. The refrain that woman’s fidelity is like the Arabian phoenix (“everyone claims it exists, but…
“THE BIRDS; ways to deal, ways to heal” at The Norwegian Opera & Ballet – Reviews and recommendations
Loga árvvoštallama davvisámegillii / read the review in Northern Sami Can politics become dance? Yes. When the choreographer Elle Sofe Sara and the artist Joar Nango join forces to create…
“Elektra” at The Norwegian Opera and Ballet – news Culture and entertainment
Over 100 years after its premiere in 1909, Richard Strauss’s one-act play “Elektra” has in no way lost its ability to shock. The formula is blood-drenching Greek tragedy filtered through…
“The Princess of Czardas” at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet – Reviews and recommendations
Like most Viennese operas, “The Princess of Czardas” is originally about small and medium-sized problems within the upper echelons of society in Central Europe in the pre-war period. world war.…
“The Listeners” at The Norwegian Opera & Ballet – Reviews and recommendations
The Norwegian National Opera must have been struck by a blissful mixture of flair and luck when in 2017 it commissioned an opera from the American Missy Mazzoli. At the…
“Noah’s Ark” at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet – Reviews and recommendations
Let it be said at once, the gathering of children, young people and young adults who sing and play Benjamin Britten’s gripping mini-opera, deserves all possible praise and applause. They…