The Norwegian Opera Company () was an opera company in
Oslo
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,
Norway
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.
The Norwegian Opera Company was established in 1950
by the Brunvoll brothers with the aim of having a fixed location as well as operating as a traveling company. The artistic director was the opera singer
Jonas Brunvoll in collaboration with the Hungarian conductor
István Pajor, and the impresario and administrative manager was
Gunnar Brunvoll.
Already in its first year, the company received a government grant of
NOK
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15,000. It collaborated with New Norwegian Ballet () starting in 1953.
The company was shut down in 1958;
its fixed operations were merged into the newly established
Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and its traveling operations into the
National Opera (), the former touring component of the Norwegian National Opera.
References
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Opera houses in Norway
1950 establishments in Norway