Asle og Alida
libretto by Jon Fosse · premiered 2025
Asle og Alida (lit. 'Asle and Alida') is a Norwegian opera in two acts composed by Bent Sørensen with a libretto in Nynorsk by Nobel Prize winner Jon Fosse, based on his Trilogy novellas. The opera was commissioned by Eivind Gullberg Jensen after he was appointed director of the Bergen National Opera. It was produced by Bergen National Opera, in collaboration with the Royal Danish Theatre. It premiered at Grieghallen in Bergen on March 29, 2025 with orchestration from the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Johannes Gustavsson and directed by Sofia Jupither. Norway's minister of culture Lubna Jaffery attended the premiere.
After premiering in Bergen it will also be performed at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen in May and June.
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