Eldrid Gorset has been announced as the lead in an upcoming church opera at the prestigious Retz Festival in Austria. Gorset is looking forward to dive into yet another unknown baroque piece, this time with the renowned Ensemble Continuum Wien and Luca de Marchi.
April / 24: Norwegian soprano Eldrid Gorset made a triumphant debut as soprano soloist at the iconic Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim with acclaimed Trondheim Soloists. The performance was particularly meaningful for Gorset, as she returned to her former hometown and sang just a stone’s throw from her former high school, Trondheim Katedralskole.
April / 21: The season’s first concert at Troldhaugen can now be streamed. Eldrid Gorset and pianist Olga Jørgensen are presenting three opus of Agathe Backer Grøndahl and Edvard Grieg.
April / 21: Due to the ongoing pandemic, Forelska i Händel (In Love with Händel), is postponed indefinitely. The performance was part of The Opera in Kristiansund’s “Festukene”, and is a playful and new performance created by Eldrid’s Opera Company Skeive Stemmer.
Nov / 20: Gorset will make her debut at The Norwegian Opera & Ballet in the new written opera by Ketil Bjørnstad and Birgitte Christensen as Flagstad. The opera is part of Flagstad’s 125th aniversary, and is produced by Oslo Operafestival and Flagstad Festival. Buy tickets!
July / 20: Here you can read an interview about Eldrid at The Academy of Opera / Oslo National Academy of the Arts, and the last months as an opera student, and an additional interview about the difficulties during the coronavirus. (In Norwegian)
April / 20: Eldrid will make her debut as Nannetta at the Norwegian Opera with The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) in April 2020. Falstaff by Verdi, staged by the Norwegian star director Stefan Herheim is going to be Eldrids last performance as part of the Master Programme at The National Opera Academy in Oslo.
Nov / 19: After auditioning, Eldrid is very happy to receive the prestigious scholarship from the Ruud-Wallenbergs Fond (Norway). She is the only winner of this years competition and is smiling from ear to ear!
May / 19: Eldrid participated at the annual balcony concert at the Norwegian Opera & Ballet and recieved the Audience Prize as well as the 2nd prize of the jury in the competition held by The Opera Academy Friends. The jury members…. Read more
February / 19: Eldrid made her Gretel debut in The Academy of Operas production at The Norwegian National Opera. Playing this fantastic music was no other than The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK), lead by Gregor Bühl and directed by Jacopo Spirei.