25/26 Season

Giuseppe Verdi wrote his monumental Requiem in memory of one of his great inspirations, the writer Alessandro Mazoni. Four soloists, an expanded Oslo Philharmonic Choir, and a large orchestra bring depth and drama on the same scale as Verdi’s famous operas when the Requiem is staged at the Oscarsborg Opera.

• Giuseppe Verdi  Requiem

• Giedrė Šlekytė,  Conductor
• Ingegjerd Bagøien Moe,  Soprano
• Tone Kummervold,  Alto
• Daniel Frank,  Tenor
• Alexander Tsymbalyuk,  Bass
• An expanded Oslo Philharmonic Choir, 
• Håkon Matti Skrede,  Choirmaster
• Tilde Björfors,  Director
• Maja Ravn,  Scenography and costume

For the first time since Lise Davidsen won the competition in 2015, the Oslo Philharmonic once again hosts the Queen Sonja International Music Competition. Six finalists will join the orchestra, under the leadership of conductor Nicholas Carter. 

• The repertoir will be ready after the semi-final.  

• Nicholas Carter,  Conductor
• Six finalists from Queen Sonja Singing Competition, 

Chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic open the season with Gustav Mahler’s enigmatic and multifaceted Symphony No. 7 and Anders Hillborg’s new orchestral work Hell Mountain – a tribute to Mahler, inspired by one of his sources of inspiration in nature.

• Anders Hillborg  Hell Mountain
• Gustav Mahler  Symphony No. 7

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor

Dalia Stasevska conducts music that, in different ways, gives voice to the longing for freedom in times of war. Thomas de Hartmann, Aaron Copland, and Benjamin Britten composed their works during World War II, while Bohdana Frolyak wrote hers amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. American violinist Joshua Bell is the soloist in Hartmann’s Violin Concerto.

• Aaron Copland  Fanfare for the Common Man
• Thomas de Hartmann  Violin Concerto
• Bohdana Frolyak  Let There Be Light
• Benjamin Britten  Sinfonia da Requiem

• Dalia Stasevska,  Conductor
• Joshua Bell,  Violin

Are you home on maternity leave? Bring your baby and join our concert!

•  The programme will be ready a little closer to the concert

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