Summer Course:
26th of July – 16th of August 2026, Elverum
Instructors part 1:
Wood winds: Leif Arne Pedersen
Horn: Inger Besserudhagen
Brass: Audun Breen
Timpani: Tom Vissgren
Percussion: Terje Viken
Harp: Sidsel Walstad
1. Violin: Elise Båtnes
2. Violin: Johannes Lörstad
Viola: Santa Vižine
Cello: Louisa Tuck
Double bass: Marius Flatby
Instructors part 2:
Wood winds: Tom Ottar Andreassen
Brass: Jonas Bylund
Timpani: Patrick Raab
Percussion: Lennart Gruvstedt
1. Violin: Erik Heide
2. Violin: Liv Hilde Klokk-Bryhn
Viola: Juliet Jopling
Cello: Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen
Double bass: Christian Henriksen
Program 1:
Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson
Soloist: Erik Carrasco-Isachsen
Program:
J. Rusten: Ouverture til Elverum
Tchaikosky: Violin concerto in D-dur, op. 35
R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, op. 64
Concert:
31st of July, Festspillene i Elverum. Tickets
Program 2:
Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson
Soloists: Erin O’Rourke, soprano. Katarina Zorec, soprano, Cecilia Yufan Zhang, mezzosoprano, Ian Marcus Bjørsvik, tenor, David Höfel, baryton
Program:
Opera gala!
Concert:
5th of August, Festspillene i Elverum. Tickets
Program 3:
Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson
Soloists: Eldrid Gorset, soprano, Astrid Nordstad, alto, Markus Bjørlykke, tenor, Magnus Dorholt Kjeldal, bass
Choir: Norges Ungdomskor and friends
Choirmaster: julia Blank & Henri Raeck
Program:
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in d minor, op. 125
Concert:
9th of August, Festspillene i Elverum. Tickets
10th of August, Kilden Performing Arts Centre, Kristiansand. Tickets
Program 4:
Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson
Soloists: Erin O’Rourke, soprano. Katarina Zorec, soprano, Cecilia Yufan Zhang, mezzosoprano, Ian Marcus Bjørsvik, tenor, David Höfel, baryton
Host: Kristoffer Olsen
Program:
Syng opera ung – Sing-along on the Main Stage – with the voices and musicians of the future!
Imagine a choir of young singers from across Norway – performing opera. Imagine a full orchestra with brilliant young musicians. And imagine that you get to sing along with them. You can do just that when the Norwegian National Opera invites you to Syng opera ung, in collaboration with Opera Norway and the Norwegian National Youth Orchestra.
Concert:
15th of August, Main stage, The Norwegian Opera and ballet, Oslo. Tickets