About
Gorset is a Soprano from the Norwegian mountains, based in Copenhagen / Oslo. She is an artist with a strong and heartfelt presence , and her background in dance and theater is easily recognised in her character interpretations, which range from witty soprano roles to tender art songs. Spring 2023, she did an outstanding jump in as Despina at the première of The Norwegian Opera’s new Così fan Tutte – in only one day notice, with excellent reviews.
In season 2021/22 and 2022/23 she was a member of the Young Artist Ensemble of The Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen, and made here House debut as Musetta in Fall 2021, following with Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Season 2022/23 she sang Clorinda in Stefan Herheims reclaimed Cenerentola, Frasquita in Barry Kovsky’s Carmen and Despina in Tim Albery’s Così fang tutte on a big Denmark Tour.
In 2022 Eldrid was invited along her Olga Jørgensen to sing Menneskerøysta / La Voix Humaine (Poulenc) at the famous concert venue Troldhaugen, Bergen with great success. Former performances include a world premiere of Flagstad – an Opera (spring 21), Nannetta (Falstaff) and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) with The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) at The Norwegian Opera and several Opera Tours across Norway and Southern Sweden.
As part of the young, emerging opera scene in Oslo, she is one of the founders of the up and coming Opera Company; Skeive Stemmer, and recently they became the first Norwegian Company to perform at the The Grimeborn Festival 2023 at the Arcola Theatre, London.
Eldrid is also a highly sought after concert singer and loves to sing the works of Händel, Bach and Haydn. Summer 2023 she was a soloist at the opening of The Norwegian Chamber Festival, in Mendelssohn’s beautiful Midsummernights dream, with Allegria Orchestra, the Norwegian Soloist Choir and conducted by Grete Pedersen. She has also sung with ensembles and orchestras like Cæciliaforeningen, USO, Oslo Chamber Orchestra, Lillehammer Orchestra and Bærum Orchestra.
Eldrid graduated in spring 2020 from the Opera Academy in Oslo (Oslo National Academy of the Arts). Prior to this, she studied classical singing at the Barratt Due Institute of Music and the Norwegian Academy of Music (Bachelor). Before embarking on a classical path, she studied musical theatre at the Performing Arts School in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Future highlights for the coming season include Eurydice (Orpheus in the underworld) at The Norwegian Opera & Ballet, and the title role in Proserpin with Vaasa Barouqe, which will mark her Finnish debut.