DESCRIPTION:
The launch of the new oprahouse The Norwegian Opra at the Ultima festival in Oslo 9th Sep 2009. Opra gala and lecture.

Part 7: Part 7: Opra 18: Orpheus. Opra 19: The Underground Man.

CAST Sancho Panza: Snorre Hvamen, Lazarus: Henrik Sælid, Ismene: Frøydis Dahlø, Antigone: Janne Berglund, Uncle Tom: Kaj Aune, Isolde: Gjertrud Jynge, Penelope: Tone Braaten, Fitzcarraldo: Pål Rullestad, Lenin: Frank Havrøy, Kerberos´ left head: Håkon Matias Vassvik, Kerberos´ right head: Jumana Manna, Hercules: Kai Johnsen, Karl Marx: Nordic Voices, Karlheinz Stockhausen: Ole Christian Ellestad, Donna Anna: Anne Guro Larsmon, Faust: Anders Førisdal, Pierre Boulez: Petter Ballo, Don Quixote: Trond Reinholdtsen, Cosima Wagner: Ellen Ugelvik, Kain and Abel: Øystein Rasmussen, The Ghost of Hamlets Father: Øystein Kjørstad, Marcel Proust: Hild Borchgrevink, Rembrant: Ignas Krunglevicius, The 9-headed Lernaen Hydra: Rolf Steinar Borch, The Shadow of Orpheus: Camilla Wright, Mao Tse Tung: Jonas Corell, Josef: Maurio Benavidez, Jean Luc Godard: Tania Orning, Uncle Vanja: Håkon Stene, Julia Kristeva: Oda Broch, Adam Smith: Joao Pamplona, Lulu: Tara Marie Rolfsen, La Musica: Kjetil Sivertsen, Messagiera: Signe Becker, The Underground Man: Ana Bozic, Speranza (Hope): Socialist Choir. (Some of these didn't turn up at the performance, but others, whose names are unknown, did).

Opra director: Trond Reinholdtsen.
Concept and production in cooperation with Snorre Hvamen
Costumes made in cooperation with Henrik Sælid, Snorre Hvamen and Kjetil Sivertsen