Back to venues
Operaen - Hovedscenen

Operaen - Hovedscenen

Kirsten Flagstads Plass 1, 0150 Oslo

Go to website

The main stage is the large hall of the Oslo Opera House in Bjørvika, designed by Snøhetta and opened on 12 April 2008. It has about 1,350 seats, and the house is home to the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet.

Den Norske Opera & Ballett is the country's largest institution for music and the performing arts, and is to present opera, ballet and concerts of the highest artistic quality. DNO&B consists of the companies Nasjonalballetten, Nasjonalballetten UNG and Nasjonaloperaen, as well as Operaorkestret, Operakoret, Barnekoret and Ballettskolen. Den Norske Opera gave its first performance at Folketeatret in 1958, with Kirsten Flagstad as opera director. In 2008 the new opera house in Bjørvika opened, and we changed our name to Den Norske Opera & Ballett. This was a consequence of opera and ballet now being treated as equal art forms with us. The opera house in Bjørvika is the main arena for our art, but we also perform in other places, both nationally and internationally. We are approx. 600 permanent employees, spread across nearly 40 professions and nationalities. Photo: Erik Berg

Concerts

More classical concerts in Oslo

The newsletter about classical music across the Nordics

Get an overview of upcoming concerts, festivals and selected recommendations from across the region.