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BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2016
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Bror Magnus Tødenes
Lise Davidsen soprano
Helmut Deutsch piano
JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957)
Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36, nr. 4
B E RG E N IN T E RN AT ION A L
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with Håvard Gimse
Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13, nr. 4
Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, nr. 5
Var det en dröm, Op. 37, nr. 4
Svarta Rosor, Op. 36, nr. 1
GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911)
Four songs from Des Knaben wunderhorn
Rückert Lieder
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949)
4 Lieder, Op. 27.
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H Å KON SH A L L E N
DAT E / T IME
Supported by the Finnish-Norwegian
Cultural Institute
Sponsored by DNV GL
Monday 30 May
AT 1 9: 3 0
DU RAT ION
1:30 including
interval
OT H E R
Introduction in
Danish by
Henrik Engelbrecht
at 18:55
T IC K E T
Standard: 390
Under 30: 150
Festival Card:
30 % discount
Lise
Davidsen
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H Å KO N S H A L L E N
DAT E/ T I M E
Sunday 29 May
at 19:30
with Helmut
Deutsch
D U RAT IO N
1:30 including
interval
OT H ER
Introduction
in Danish by
Henrik Engelbrecht
at 18:55
T IC KET
Standard: 390
Under 30: 150
Festival Card:
30 % discount
Norway’s new operatic star in an
intimate programme with songs by
Sibelius, Mahler and Strauss.
Lise Davidsen is currently at the top of the list
of great talents on the international opera scene. In 2015 she was a prizewinner in three major
competitions: Plácido Domingo’s Operalia
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in London, the Belvedere-competition in
Amsterdam and the Queen Sonja International
Music Competition.
According to the jury of the Queen Sonja
Competition, ‘her warm and velvety coloratura, combined with technical proficiency and
refined artistic expression, makes her unique
in the new generation of singers.’
At this concert she sings works by Sibelius,
Grieg, Mahler and Strauss, providing the perfect
challenge for a soprano with such a rich palette
of colours to choose from, varying from the most
delicate nuances to the greatest of emotional
outbursts. At the piano is the Austrian pianist
Helmut Deutsch, the accompanist of preference
for many world-renowned singers, including
Jonas Kaufmann, Matthias Goerne, Bo Skovhus
and Diana Damrau.
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Prize-winning young singer
Bror Magnus Tødenes performs
Grieg and Schumann with pianist
Håvard Gimse.
This 22-year old tenor from Eiksund south of
Ålesund in Norway has despite his comparative
youth developed an extensive, varied operatic
and lieder repertoire. In September 2015 he took
first prize in the opera section of the Renata
Tebaldi International Voice Competition. He also
received the Audience Prize, which includes a
one-year contract with the Vienna State Opera.
‘Bror Magnus Tødenes’s performance has a
strength, a presence, a stage backbone and
a voice that are quite exceptional,’ was the
response of the critic in Stavanger Aftenblad to
his role as Uria in Stå H