DIE TOTE STADT
(The Dead City)
Opera in three acts

Norwegian premiere

Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Music
Paul Schott / Libretto, based on Georges Rodenbach’s novel Bruges-la-Morte

CREATIVE TEAM
Eivind Gullberg Jensen / Conductor
Calixto Bieito / Stage director
Anna-Sofia Kirsch / Set designer
Paula Klein / Costume designer
Michael Bauer / Lighting designer
Håkon Matti Skrede / Chorus master

CAST
Vincent Wolfsteiner / Paul
Ausrine Stundyte / Marie and Marietta
Audun Iversen / Frank and Fritz
Tone Kummervold / Brigitta
Dumitru Mitu / Victorin
Sarah Gilford / Juliette
Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir / Lucienne
Álvaro Zambrano / Gaston
NN / Count Albert

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edvard Grieg Choir, Edvard Grieg Boys’ Choir and Edvard Grieg Girls’ Choir

Sung in German, surtitles in Norwegian and English
Duration: approx. 2 hours and 45 minutes including 30 minutes interval
2, 4, 6 and 8 November 2024
Grieghallen

A new production by Bergen National Opera

Presented by Bergen National Opera in collaboration with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edvard Grieg Choirs