Trond Reinholdtsen: The Norwegian Opra

Trond Reinholdtsen has established a complete opera house presenting more than ten new "opras" , a new genre liberated from the grey and sturdy history of the opera.

Field of study: Artistic Research

Summary

Research fellow Trond Reinholdtsen's project The Norwegian Opra is a project of synthesis: balancing between - or encompassing both - creative praxis (the role of the composer) and performance (he is trained as a professional singer as well). The project could simply be described as reflections on how to leave the ivory tower and get dirt on hands.

Documentation

The full title of the project is Den norske opra.

Artistic Result

“The Norwegian Opra” was a series of performances over three years:

Prelude: Trond Reinholdtsen: Fitzcarraldo (2009)
Trond Reinholdtsen: Orpheus (7 Mars 2010)
Trond Reinholdtsen: The Apocalypse (The Book of Revelations) (17 September 2010)
Trond Reinholdtsen: Cinderella (23 December 2010)
Conference: The Return of the Grand Narratives (17 January 2011)
Trond Reinholdtsen: Utopia (10 April 2011)
Trond Reinholdtsen: Penelope (11 June 2011)
Trond Reinholdtsen: Faust, or the Decline of Western Music (25 November 2011)
Trond Reinholdtsen: Musik (20 October 2012)
Trond Reinholdtsen: Inferno (24 August 2013)
Trond Reinholdtsen: Narscissus (17 December 2013)

The last performance, “Narscissus”, was open to the audience, and was held in Reinholdtsen's own flat in Oslo.

The artistic result is presented on the website THE NORWEGIAN OPRA (dennorskeopra.no)

Written documentation

Reinholdtsen's critical reflection is titled "There will be no reflection" (39 pages)

This document is available in NMH's digital archive Brage.