Orpheus in the Underworld

Opera for the masses It is crude, fun and very socially critical. It is time for a flock of sheep and plague-of-the-land music when Vidar Magnussen's Orpheus in the Underworld tears the Opera House to shreds once again! People think they know what they get at the Opera: love and death, great sorrow, little fun and a theme as ancient as the art of opera itself. People think so. People are wrong. For nothing is as people expect when director Vidar Magnussen's operetta returns to Bjørvika – with Kristoffer Olsen in one of the leading roles. You are hereby invited to a wild party of the gods with plenty of drink, sickeningly familiar music, costumes of the rough sort – and a can-can that kicks in all directions. Artistic team and performers Music Jacques Offenbach Libretto Ludovic Halévy and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux Norwegian adaptation Matilde Holdhus Musical direction Johannes Gustavsson Director Vidar Magnussen Revival director Heidi Bruun Nedregaard Set design Gjermund Andresen Costume design Ingrid Nylander Lighting design Torkel Skjærven Choreographer Stian Danielsen Operakoret, Operaorkestret The People Kristoffer Olsen Eurydice Beate Mordal Orpheus Magnus Ingemund Kjelstad Jupiter Aleksander Nohr Diana Thale Bergsaune Mercury Ørjan Bruskeland Hinna Mars Johannes Nikolai Aas Dancers Ole Kristian Tangen, Tuva Svendsen, Julie Moviken, Henriette Hamli Grønningen, Stian Bergdølmo, Vilja Tjernsland Kwasny Pluto Markus Bjørlykke Cupid Sandra Bendrik See performance dates Venus Jeanette Goldstein Minerva Kari Ulfsnes Kleiven Juno Cecilie C. Ødegården John Styx Ian Marcus Bjørsvik Bacchus Per Kristian Ruud-Enggrav Elisabeth Schönfragen Valeska Zürn

• Johannes Gustavsson

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