Les Misérables
Les Misérables (2017) is a musical theatre production by Scenekvelder in collaboration with Folketeateret. Les Misérables is based on the musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, after the novel by Victor Hugo. The production will be staged at Folketeateret.
Per-Olav Sørensen directs it.
André Søfteland interprets the role of Jean Valjean.
Hans Marius Hoff Mittet plays the role of Javert until and including November 19, after which Håvard Bakke takes over the role.
Information
(Objekt ID 67416)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | September 8, 2017 |
| Produced by | |
| In collaboration with | Folketeateret |
| Based on | Les Misérables by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Musical, Drama, Theatre |
| Running period | September 8, 2017 |
| Website | Scenekvelder AS |
At the website of Scenekvelder the following, among other things, is written about Les Misérables:
"The gripping and exciting story in Les Misérables takes place in France at the beginning of the 19th century. A large cast, interwoven human destinies and a story characterised by rebellion and revolution makes this performance a grand experience.
Our creative team aims to make a real and honest version of this well-known story and not least the beautiful music. With well-known songs including On My Own, I Dreamed a Dream, Bring Him Home, Do You Hear the People Sing, Master of the House, the musical is often performed in a style that is alien to the time during which the story takes place. France during the early 1800es was far from an ideal society and the human destinies described in Les Misérables live hard and challenging lives. Under the direction of Per-Olav Sørensen this will be underlined even clearer than in the versions from West End and Broadway.
Peter Hlousek (stage designer at Mary Poppins at Folketeateret) presents grand-scale images and scenes in meeting with the small human fighting a battle to survive in the best possible way."
SOURCE:
Scenekvelder, www.scenekvelder.no, 26.10.2016, http://www.scenekvelder.no/les-misrables/
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Victor Hugo | – Author |
| Herbert Kretzmer | – Songlyrics |
| Alain Boublil | – Dramatised by |
| Atle Halstensen | – Artistic director (Kunstnerisk ansvarlig) |
| Per-Olav Sørensen | – Direction |
| Atle Halstensen | – Musical direction (Musikalsk ansvarlig) |
| Claude-Michel Schönberg | – Composer |
| Bendik Eide | – Conductor (Keyboard) |
| Petr Hlousek | – Stage design |
| Oddfrid Ropstad | – Costume design |
| Bendik Eide | – Musical arrangement |
| Ulf Erlend Haave | – Sound design |
| Reidar Richardsen | – Lighting design |
| Atle Karsten Solberg | – Actor (Feuilly / Ensemble) |
| Håvard Bakke (to Navember 19, 2017) | – Actor (Biskopen) |
| Håvard Bakke (from Navember 20, 2017) | – Actor (Javert) |
| Samuel Brandt | – Actor (Lesgles / Ensemble + understudy for Marius) |
| Charlotte Brænna | – Actor (Ensemble) |
| Monica Dybwad | – Actor (Ensemble + understudy for Eponine) |
| Renate Gjerløw | – Actor (Ensemble) |
| Marius Grønsdal | – Actor (Courfeyarc / Ensemble) |
| Andreas Hoff | – Actor (Enjolras) |
| Mariann Hole | – Actor (Fru Thénardier) |
| Amanda K´Odingo | – Actor (Cosette) |
| Jenny Langlo | – Actor (Cosette) |
| Arvid Larsen | – Actor (Biskop + understudy for Jean Valjean) |
| Hans Marius Hoff Mittet (to Navember 19, 2017) | – Actor (Javert) |
| Mona Haddy Jatou N'jie | – Actor (Fantine) |
| Thomas Ottersen | – Actor (Joly / Ensemble) |
| Karin Park | – Actor (Fantine) |
| Marion Ravn | – Actor (Éponine) |
| Joakim Samuelsson | – Actor (Ensemble + understudy for Biskop) |
| Håkon Sigernes | – Actor (Ensemble) |
| Håkon Steinsholt | – Actor (Prouvaire / Ensemble) |
| Dennis Storhøi | – Actor (Herr Thénardier) |
| André Søfteland | – Actor (Jean Valjean) |
| Trond Teigen | – Actor (Ensemble + understudy for Herr Thénardier) |
| Lasse Vermeli | – Actor (Grantaire / Ensemble + understudy for Enjolras) |
| Lars Henrik Aarnes | – Actor (Marius) |
| Guro von Germeten | – Actor (Ensemble + understudy for Fru Thénardier) |
| Morten Barrikmo | – Musician (Klarinett, B-klarinett, Ess-klarinett og tenorblokkfløyte) |
| Ellen Brekken | – Musician (Kontrabass) |
| Bjørg Bøe | – Musician (Horn 1 - alternerte med Erlend Tynning) |
| Cathy Donnelly | – Musician (Cello) |
| Maria Tøndel Edvardsen | – Musician (Fløyte, piccolofløyte og alt blokkfløyte - alternerte med Børge Are Halvorsen) |
| Marianne Finseth | – Musician (Horn 2) |
| Bendik Christopher Goldstein | – Musician (Bratsj) |
| Børge Are Halvorsen | – Musician (Fløyte, piccolofløyte og alt blokkfløyte - alternerte med Maria Tøndel Edvardsen) |
| Arild Hillestad | – Musician (Trombone og basstrombone) |
| Stig Espen Hundsnes | – Musician (Trompet, flygelhorn og piccolotrompet - alternerte med Guro Kraft) |
| Guro Kraft | – Musician (Trompet, flygelhorn og piccolotrompet - alternerte med Stig Espen Hundsnes) |
| Petter Kragstad | – Musician (Keyboard 2) |
| Steinar Mossige | – Musician (Slagverk) |
| Rannveig Ryeng | – Musician (Fiolin) |
| Kjersti Strøm | – Musician (Obo og engelsk horn) |
| Erlend Tynning | – Musician (Horn 1 - alternerte med Bjørg Bøe) |
| Bendik Eide | – Répétiteur |
| Atle Halstensen | – Répétiteur |
| Nina Elise Johansen | – Mask design |
| Silje Skagemo Gulbrandsen | – Props |
| Astrid Egeland | – Stage manager |
| Øyvin Dahle Løype | – Technical director (Teknisk sjef, Folketeatret) |
| Thea Bay | – Director’s assistant |
| Andrea Volsdal Skirbekk | – Production manager |
| Karianne Jæger | – Producer |
| September 8, 2017 – Hovedscenen i Folketeaterbygningen | Opening night |
"There are limits to how much of a personal touch an artist - be it a director, musical arranger, actor or singer - can give Les Misérables. If one is to get the licence to perform the musical, one has to accept the creators' conditions.The idea is that the experience should be more or less the same every time one sees the musical. The Scenekvelder team at Folketeateret has managed to meet these demands for recognition, while giving it a signature of its own."