Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra- Asle and Alida - Opera

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World premiere! Spring 2025 Bergen National Opera proudly presents a love story by Jon Fosse and Bent Sørensen

Welcome to the world premiere of Asle and Alida, written by the Nobel Prize winning author Jon Fosse and composer Bent Sørensen. The timeless and touching story is directed by Fosse-expert Sofia Adrian Jupither.

Several years before the Norwegian author Jon Fosse was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023, he was asked by Artistic director Eivind Gullberg Jensen at Bergen National Opera to write a libretto for a new opera.

Fosse chose the love story from his own Trilogy, about the two teenagers Asle and Alida. Seeking comfort in music and each other, they sail to the town of Bjørgvin, where they hope to find sanctuary from a harsh world. The young fiddle player and his pregnant girlfriend meet nothing but closed doors, and thus make dangerous choices in order to survive.

ASLE AND ALIDA

Opera in two acts
World premiere

Bent Sørensen / Music
Jon Fosse / Libretto
based on The Trilogy (Trilogien) by Jon Fosse

CREATIVE TEAM
Johannes Gustavsson / Conductor
Sofia Adrian Jupither / Stage director
Erlend Birkeland / Set designer
Maria Geber / Costume designer
Ellen Ruge / Lighting designer
Håkon Matti Skrede / Chorus master

CAST
Wiktor Sundqvist / Asle
Louise McClelland Jacobsen / Alida
Johannes Weisser / The older man
Randi Stene / The older woman
Kari Dahl Nielsen / The younger woman
NN / Åsleik

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edvard Grieg Choir

World premiere in Grieghallen in Bergen Saturday 29 March 2025
Also performed 31 March, 2 and 4 April

Performed in Norwegian, surtitles in Norwegian and English
Duration: Approx. 2 hours and 15 minutes including 30 minutes interval after act 1

A new production by Bergen National Opera, in collaboration with the Royal Danish Theatre (Det Kongelige Teater) in Copenhagen. Presented by Bergen National Opera in collaboration with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edvard Grieg Choirs

After the world premiere here in Bergen, Asle and Alida will be performed in Copenhagen in May and June 2025