The Norwegian Opera
The Norwegian Opera was founded in 1883 by Olefine Moe and Matilda Lundström in Christiania’s Tivoli. It was Norway’s first permanent opera theatre. Moe and Lundström managed to keep the theatre going until 1886, thanks to help from many supporters from Norway and abroad. Their opera project reached out beyond the upper classes and attracted the interest in a broad spectrum of the population. But without funding from private or national sources, it proved impossible for them to keep an opera theatre running over a long period. In addition, the Norwegian Opera was in direct competition with Christiania Theatre - and when lack of funding forced Moe and Lundström to close the opera, theatre director Bjørn Bjørnson welcomed its artists with open arms.
Information
(Objekt ID 110994)| Object type | Organization |
| Also known as | Tivoli Opera |
| Organization type | Private theatre |
| Main focus | Opera |
| Established | 1883 (closed 1886) |
Contact information
| Address | Christiania, Norway |
Other information
| Legal entity | Other |
SOURCES:
Haavet, Inger Elisabeth: Olefine Moe in Norsk biografisk leksikon, snl.no. Accessed 9. april 2021 via https://nbl.snl.no/Olefine_Moe
| Title | Premiere |
|---|---|
| La Traviata | – 1886 |
| Carmen | – 1884 |
| La Traviata | – 1884 |
| Martha | – August 14, 1883 |
| Halvdelen hver | – 1883 |
| Rigoletto | – 1883 |
| Figaros bryllup | – 1883 |
| Tiggerstudenten | – 1883 |
| Barbereren i Sevilla | – 1883 |
| Title | Premiere |
|---|---|
| La Traviata | – 1886 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Halvdelen hver | – 1884 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Carmen | – 1884 – The Norwegian Opera |
| La Traviata | – 1884 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Figaros bryllup | – 1884 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Martha | – 1884 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Martha | – August 14, 1883 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Halvdelen hver | – 1883 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Rigoletto | – 1883 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Figaros bryllup | – 1883 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Tiggerstudenten | – 1883 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Barbereren i Sevilla | – 1883 – The Norwegian Opera |
| Gustaf Ullberg | – Dancer (fra 1884 til 1884) |
| Olefine Moe | – Theatre director (fra 1883 til 1886) |
| Matilda Lundström | – Managing-director (fra 1883 til 1886) |