Edvard Grieg Youth Choir - Summer Academy 1

Glück's Orfeo and Eurydice - Baroque opera with local singing talents


Fana Kulturhus, Østre Nesttunvegen 18, 5221 Bergen

Saturday, August 10, 18.00
Edvard Grieg Youth Choir - Closing concert: Glück's Orfeo and Eurydice

Welcome to a concert with Edvard Grieg Youth Choir performing Glück's masterpiece "Orfeo and Eurydice".

Experience one of opera history's most moving love stories about Orfeo traveling to the underworld to reunite with his beloved Eurydice, performed by young talents from across the region. 

This concert marks the end of the youth choir's intensive summer academy, where talented young singers from Bergen and the surrounding area have worked closely with professional instructors from the Edvard Grieg Vocal Ensemble in choral singing and singing technique, and who are looking forward to sharing the results with the audience in an unforgettable performance.

Cast:

Edvard Grieg Youth Choir

Edvard Grieg Vocal Ensemble

Soloists from the Grieg Academy 

Conductor - Håkon Matti Skrede  

Pianos - Ellena Armelius

Violin - Améline Chauvette-Groulx

Violin - Chien-Yu Chu

Viola - Line Klava

Cello - Siri Hilmen   

Director - Martina Starr-Lassen and Paul Robinson