Bergen 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, Grieg Hall and the Bergen International Festival. In 2007 Opera Vest became a part of the foundation, which aims to be the regional opera company for West Norway.
In addition to professional opera, Bergen National Opera also runs a participatory program for children and teenagers.
The foundation is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Arts Council Norway, the Hordaland community, the city of Bergen, and several other funds, associations and private supporters.
2005–2007 Stein Olav Henrichsen
2007–2010 Stein Olav Henrichsen
2010– Mary Miller
Bergen National Opera cooperates with the following orchestras:
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
BIT20 Ensemble
Ung Symfoni
Children and youths
Bergen National Opera runs several projects for children and teenagers in schools in cooperation with BIT20 Ensemble.
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Tosca (Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica / Giuseppe Giacosa) Grieg Hall
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Michael Nyman) Sandnes Kulturhus, Bodø Kulturhus
Lirendreieren (Magne Hegdal) Oslo Nye Trikkestallen. Co-production with Opera Sør
Carmen (Georges Bizet / Henri Meilhac / Ludovic Halévy) Grieg Hall
L'Amour de loin (Kaija Saariaho / Amin Maalouf) Grieg Hall
Die Walküre (Richard Wagner) Grieg Hall
Melancholia (Georg Friedrich Haas / Jon Fosse) Grieg Hall
Der fliegende Holländer (Richard Wagner) Grieg Hall
Sounds Like You (Bent Sørensen / Peter Asmussen) Grieg Hall – Première
Bluebeard's Castle (Béla Bartók / Béla Balázs) Grieg Hall
Die Dreigroschenoper (Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill) Grieg Hall – Berliner Ensemble
Eugene Onegin (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Bergenhus Fortress
Cinderella (Vladimir Tarnopolsky / Roald Dahl, oversatt av Klaus Hagerup) Grieg Hall
Hypermusikal (Glenn Erik Haugland / Heidi Tronsmo) Logen Teater / Fjellheimen / Radøyhallen – Première
Opera gala with Barbara Frittoli, Grieg Hall
Ophelias: Death by Water Singing (Henrik Hellstenius) Teatr Wielki, Poland
The Marriage of Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Grieg Hall
Anne Pedersdotter (Edvard Fliflet Bræin / Hans Kristiansen) Bergenhus Fortress
La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi / Francesco Maria Piave) Bergenhus Fortress
Veslefrikk (Knut Vaage / Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen) Kulturhuset i Tromsø / Den Nationale Scene / National Theatre of Szeged, Hungary – Première
Alpha and More, guest performance by the Polish National Ballet
La Bohème (Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica / Giuseppe Giacosa) Grieg Hall
The Tales of Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach / Jules Barbier / Michel Carré) Grieg Hall
Hypermusikal (Glenn Erik Haugland / Heidi Tronsmo) Oslo Opera House
Oedipus rex (Igor Stravinsky / Jean Cocteau) Grieg Hall
Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck) Grieg Hall
A New Requiem (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Christian Köhler / Jeroen Brouwers) Bodø Kulturhus / Peer Gynt Theatre, Grieg Hall / Sandnes Kulturhus / Brygga Kultursal, Halden
Siegfried (Richard Wagner) Grieg Hall
L'Étoile (Emmanuel Chabrier) Grieg Hall
Pelléas et Mélisande (Claude Debussy) Logen Teater
Xerxes (George Frideric Handel) Grieg Hall
La Cenerentola (Gioachino Rossini) Grieg Hall
The Cunning Little Vixen (Leoš Janáček) Grieg Hall
Marco Polo (Tan Dun) Grieg Hall
Alt om min familie (Atle Halstensen) Logen Teater
Fidelio (Ludwig van Beethoven) Grieg Hall
