Den Norske Opera & Ballet
Den Norske Opera & Ballett ( Norwegian Opera & Ballet ), based in Oslo, is Norway's largest music theater and the only Norwegian institution of its kind that exclusively employs professional artists.
The opera is organized as a public limited company , 90% owned by the Norwegian State and 10% by the Norwegian Opera Fund . Two years after the founding of this company, the first performances took place in rented rooms in the Folketeaterbygningen of the former Folketeatret (Volkstheater) in 1959 . The first director of the house was the well-known soprano Kirsten Flagstad between 1958 and 1960 .
The activities of the stock corporation are divided into seven program areas:
- Opera
- ballet
- concert
- Initial and continuing education
- Development and creation
- Touring and Imperial Opera / National Resource and Competence Center
- Foreign guest performance
A new opera house was opened on April 12, 2008 at the Oslo harbor, see Oslo Opera House .
The Den Norske Opera & Ballet won jointly with the bookmark Salbke the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2010.
In 2015 the opera house received the International Opera Award in the Accessibility category.
Web links
- Norwegian Opera & Ballet (Norwegian or English)
Coordinates: 59 ° 54 ′ 25 ″ N , 10 ° 45 ′ 13 ″ E