Management

The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet consists of the companies the Norwegian National Ballet and the Norwegian National Opera, in addition to the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, the Norwegian National Opera Chorus, the Norwegian National Opera Children’s Chorus and the Norwegian National Ballet School.

Among the support functions are technical production, marketing and communication, economy and administration, HR and planning department. The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet moved into the new Opera House in Bjørvika in 2008.

The board of the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet

The board is composed of representatives appointed by the Ministry of Culture. The staff representatives on the Board are elected by the staff.

Anne Carine Tanum, Chairperson of the Board
Sarah Willand, Deputy Chairperson
Gro Bergrabb, Member of the Board
Rolf Thorsen, Member of the Board
Pablo Barrera Lopez, member of the Board
Arne Fagerholt, member of the Board

Kari Foss, Member of the Board, elected representative for the artistic staff
Markku Salonen, Observer, elected representative for the artistic stafJohan Henrik Neergaard, Member of the Board, elected representative for the non-artistic staff
Christine Hals Eikeland, Observer, elected representative for thenon-artistic staff

Management team

Geir Bergkastet, CEO
Randi Stene, Opera Director 
Ingrid Lorentzen, Artistic Director of the National Ballet
Edward Gardner, Musical Director (from August 2024)
Hege Modell, CFO 
Kenneth Fredstie, Marketing and Communications Director 
Karl Hanseth, Technical Director