Friday 4. November
18:00
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Main Stage
Per Arne Glorvigen:
100 years
of Piazzolla
Postponed
Because of the new infection control rules, we have to postpone this concert. If you have bought tickets, they will be valid for the new date. If you want your payment refunded, we ask you kindly to contact us at publikum@operaen.no within 28th of January. We apologise for the inconvenience and ask for understanding that this will take some time.
The stage has been set for a centennial festival: a tribute to the father of the tango, Piazzolla, with a phenomenal concert on the Main Stage!
Ready for a melancholic, wild and beautiful evening of tango? Paris-based tango master Per Arne Glorvigen is bringing with him a star-studded team of dancers and musicians to celebrate Astor Piazzolla, who would have been 100 years old in 2021. In 2022, it will be 30 years since the death of Piazzolla and his nuevo tango has become a much-loved musical niche that combines Argentinian dance, classical music and jazz.
Virtuoso tango interpreter
Argentinian Piazzolla breathed new life into the tango from his home country, creating compositions for tango orchestras and writing opera, theatre and film music. Few have done justice to Piazzolla’s legacy as Per Arne Glorvigen, with his virtuosic and expressive bandoneon playing. During this evening performance at the Oslo Opera House, he will be presenting Piazzolla’s tango pallet, ranging from highly intimate chamber music to his grand concerts for the bandoneon and orchestras.
A star-studded team
Glorvigen will be performing with a group of musicians and dancers, all of whom live and breathe the tango: Sverre Indris Joner on the piano, Steinar Haugerud on the contrabass and Odd Hannisdal on the violin, together with Glorvigen Tango for 3 – Norway’s first homegrown tango ensemble.
An evening devoted to the tango naturally includes dance and Glorvigen is bringing with him the Argentinian dancers Pablo Inza and Sofia Saborido. Vocals will be in the capable hands of award-winning Julia Zenko – and as if that were not enough, the Barratt Due Student Symphony Orchestra will be providing the orchestral accompaniment.
Price
100–500 kr