Opera

Solveig (Waiting)

D’après Edvard Grieg

[ NEW PRODUCTION ]

Bergen International Festival/Anders Beyer: executive producer

Tivoli Festival Copenhagen, Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao, Vilnius Festival, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Iceland Symphony Orchestra: co-producers

HarrisonParrott: international touring partner

A symphonic passion
based on Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt,
set to the music of Edvard Grieg
Libretto by Karl Ove Knausgård

Infos

Place

Strasbourg

Opéra

Dates

Sep 19Sep 23, 2020

Prices

6 - 48 €

Duration

1h10

Informations

Spectacle inscrit dans le cadre du Focus Peer Gynt proposé par La Filature, Scène nationale - Mulhouse en collaboration avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse et le festival Musica Toutes les informations : https://bit.ly/3mw7KJp

Cast

Texte Karl Ove Knausgård Conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen director, idea, concept Calixto Bieito Lumières Isabel Andrea Odriozola Video design Sarah Derendinger Chorus Master Alessandro Zuppardo

Artists

Soprano Mari Eriksmoen Baritone Laurent Koehler Chœur de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

Presentation

Peer Gynt, written by prominent Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen in 1867, went on to achieve global recognition thanks to the incidental music composed for the play by Edvard Grieg a few years later. Here, Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgård and Spanish theatre director Calixto Bieito have created a fresh take on this poetic and philosophical tale set to the finest parts of Grieg's score. In their original libretto, the young Solveig takes center stage rather than Peer Gynt, who seduces then abandons her. The audience rediscovers this captivating lyrical poem through the eyes of the jilted heroine who, ever faithful to the memory of the man she loves, selflessly spends the rest of her life in patient wait for his return. Shifting between despair and elation, this poignant portrayal of Solveig's inner journey explores the many facets of the human heart. An extraordinary experience.

In Norwegian
Overtitled in French, German