Bergen National Opera presents "This evening's performance has not been cancelled"

Conceived by Sound Artist Zoë Irvine, this showcase will give audiences an opportunity to call in and speak to a singer, director, costume designer, make-up person, and other participants of an opera production across Europe that has been canceled or postponed due to COVID-19.

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Call in by phone! - connect to Opera Houses all over Europe, have a chat with your own personal 'opera usher' who will guide you round productions which were cancelled due to the corona crisis.

PARTNERS AND OPERA PERFORMANCES

Bergen National Opera, Norway / La clemenza di Tito by Mozart

Garsington Opera, UK / The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart

The Airport Society, Belgium / Symphony of expectation by Schönberg and Berio

Muziektheater Transparant, Belgium / Usher by Debussy & Van Parys

Teatro Real Madrid, Spain / Achille in Sciro by Corselli

Dutch National Opera, The Netherlands / Rusalka by Dvořák

Grand Théâtre de Genève, Switzerland / Voyage vers l'espoir by Jost

Wuppertaler Bühnen, Germany / La Boheme by Puccini

Staatsoper Hannover, Germany / The murder of Halit Yozgat by Frost

Reach for your phone and dial in to the audio art project THIS EVENING’S PERFORMANCE HAS NOT BEEN CANCELLED

FRIDAY JUNE 12

7:30pm to 9:30pm CET

6:30pm to 8:30pm BST

*One night and one night only*

PHONE AND EXPERIENCE THE UNEXPECTED

When you phone in you speak with real people on the other end: a singer, director, costume designer, make-up person, etc – people all closely related to an opera production from across Europe, cancelled or postponed due to Covid-19.

Bergen National Opera has teamed up with Sound Artist Zoë Irvine to explore a different kind of listening using an 'opera call centre'. THIS EVENING’S PERFORMANCE HAS NOT BEEN CANCELLED gives us all the unique opportunity to reach the theatre by phone.

Find your country’s number below and on the website. Dialling in costs the same as any local call you make, as long as you use your national number.

AUSTRIA +43 720 022 865

BELGIUM +32 (0) 240 19133

DENMARK +45 787 237 03

FINLAND + 358 923 195 616

FRANCE +33 (0) 170 759 181

GERMANY +49 202 7169 9414

IRELAND +353 (0) 144 7529

ITALY + 39 (0) 236 049 224

NETHERLANDS +31 (0)20 -7168 434

NORWAY +47 56 99 99 58

POLAND +48 221 530 708

SPAIN +34 914 146 601

SWEDEN +46 (0) 850 662 774

SWITZERLAND + 41 (0) 445 800 526

UK + 44 (0) 207 741 0077

La Clemenza di Tito was due to open on the 21st of March 2020 at the Grieghallen, home of the Bergen National Opera in Norway. The show was cancelled during the first Stage and Piano rehearsal due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rodula Gaitanou / Stage director

Cordelia Chrisholm / Design

Simon Corder / Lighting designer

Jan Willem de Vriend / Conductor

Continuo/ Stephen Higgins

Håkon Matti Skrede / Choirmaster

Charles Workman / Tito

Lauren Fagan / Vitellia

Beate Mordal / Servilia

Annika Schlicht / Sesto

Ingeborg Gillebo / Annio

Barnaby Rea / Publio

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Edvard Grieg Choir and guests