Les Misérables
Les Misérables (2014) was a musical theatre production by Agder Theatre in collaboration with Rogaland Theatre, Sandnes Kulturhus and Festiviteten in Haugesund. Les Misérables was based on the musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, after the novel by Victor Hugo. The production had its premiere at Sandnes Kulturhus, and was later performed in Kilden in Kristiansand and in Festiviteten in Haugesund.
Lisa Kent directed it. She had directed the same musical for The National Stage in 2008.
Sigurd Sele played the role of Jean Valjean. He did the same for The National Stage in 2008.
Nils Christian Fossdal played the role of Javert.
Information
(Objekt ID 38309)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | February 5, 2014 |
| Produced by | Sandnes Kulturhus |
| Coproducers | Kilden Theatre, Rogaland Theatre, Festiviteten |
| Based on | Les Misérables by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian Nynorsk |
| Keywords | Musical, Theatre |
| Running period | February 5, 2014 |
| Website | Agder Teater |
SOURCES::
Sandnes Kulturhus, http://sandnes-kulturhus.no/program/190
Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 07.02.2014
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Victor Hugo | – Author |
| Alain Boublil | – Playwright |
| Bjørn Endreson | – Translation |
| Lisa Kent | – Direction |
| Lisa Kent | – Choreography |
| Svein Ragnar Myklebust | – Musical direction |
| Claude-Michel Schönberg | – Composer |
| Ingeborg Kvamme | – Stage design |
| Ingeborg Kvamme | – Costume design |
| Simen Hefte Endresen | – Sound design |
| Stian Bru | – Lighting design |
| Joakim Foldøy | – Lighting design |
| Ole Morten Velde | – Actor (Enjolras) |
| Kristi Lucena M. Andersen | – Actor (Ensemble + understudy for Madame Thénardier) |
| Solveig Andsnes | – Actor (Madame Thénardier) |
| Samuel Brandt | – Actor (Ensemble + understudy for Enjolras) |
| Emmi Christensson | – Actor (Cosette) |
| Randi T. Egeland | – Actor (Ensemble) |
| Sandra Erstad | – Actor (Ensemble + understydy for Eponine) |
| Nils Christian Fossdal | – Actor (Javert) |
| Anders Gjønnes | – Actor (Ensemble) |
| Espen Hana | – Actor (Thénardier) |
| Trond Dagsland Holgersen | – Actor (Ensemble) |
| Jardar Johansen | – Actor (Ensemble + understudy for Jean Valjean) |
| Britt- Synnøve Johansen | – Actor (Fantine) |
| Sander Jonassen | – Actor (Gavroche - alternerte med Viljar Natlandsmyr) |
| Øystein Kausrud | – Actor (Ensemble) |
| Jenny Kaatz | – Actor (Ensemble + understudy for Cosette) |
| Øyvind Boye Løvold | – Actor (Biskopen av Dihne / Ensemble + understudy for Javert) |
| Viljar Natlandsmyr | – Actor (Gavroche - alternerte med Sander Jonassen) |
| Richard Olsen | – Actor (Ensemble + undersrudy for Thénandier) |
| Kim Persson | – Actor (Marius) |
| Vilde Lundal Rossebø | – Actor (Ensemble) |
| Sigurd Sele | – Actor (Jean Valjean) |
| Mareike Bechtel Wang | – Actor (Fantine) |
| Susanna Wickström | – Actor (Ensemnle + understudy for Fantine) |
| Lars Henrik Aarnes | – Actor (Ensemble) |
| Aleksander Aarnes | – Actor (Ensemble) |
| Jostein Hustveit | – Musician (Slagverk) |
| Milan Adamovic | – Musician (Obo og engelsk horn) |
| Torbjørn Bakker | – Musician (Klarinetter) |
| Elisabeth Barstad | – Musician (Fløyter) |
| Stephanie Jayne Blanchard | – Musician (Bratsj) |
| Idar Hauge | – Musician (Keyboard) |
| Senja Hawken | – Musician (Fiolin) |
| Theodor Onarheim | – Musician (Kontrabass) |
| Ådne Sæverud | – Musician (Keyboard - alternerte med Trond Tellefsen) |
| Trond Tellefsen | – Musician (Keyboard - alternerte med Ådne Sæverud) |
| Mads Urdahl Aasen | – Musician (Trombone og euphonium) |
| Bodhild Vossgård Mathisrud | – Musician (Cello) |
| Espen Westbye | – Musician (Trombone og flygelhorn) |
| Knut Aabø | – Musician (Keyboard) |
| Knut Aabø | – Répétiteur |
| Jill Tonje Holter | – Mask design |
| Åsmund Skretting Austvoll | – Stage manager |
| Birk Florian Fischer Magnussen | – Stage Manager |
| Anders Netland | – Production manager |
| Andre Foldøy | – Producer |
| Anders Netland | – Producer |
| March 29, 2014 – Teater- og Operasalen, Kilden | New opening |
| February 5, 2014 – The Main Hall, Sandnes Kulturhus | Opening night |
Lillian Bikset, Som folket synger (literally: As the people sing), Dagbladet February 8 2014:
"When Lisa Kent in 2008 mounted Les Misérables for The National Stage in Bergen, she cultivated the differences between Jean Valjean and Javert, between mercy and brutality, reconciliation and revenge. When the same director, in collaboration with the same stage designer and the same Jean Valjean, interpret the musical anew, the question is how deep human goodness goes. (…) The choreography is less of a priority, but the quality of the singing is unusually high. In addition to the warring Jean Valjean (Sigurd Sele, who also interpreted the same role in Bergen in 2008) and Javert (Nils Christian Fossdal, less determined than we are used to see Javert), the suffering Fantine (Britt-Synnøve Johansen) and the hopeful Eponine (Marieke B. Wang) deserve to be mentioned especially. The latter is also the one of all the involved in the production who best manages to show human development in her interpretation of the role."