Stein Winge (10 November 1940 – 26 February 2024) was a Norwegian stage producer, theatre director and International Emmy-Nominated actor.
Biography
Winge produced numerous plays and operas, and was theatre director at the
National Theatre from 1990 to 1992.
He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 2001.
He was the son of
Sigurd Winge
Sigurd Winge (14 March 1909 – 22 January 1970) was a Norwegian Painting, painter and visual artist who worked with various media. He was born in Germany, and the father of actor Stein Winge. Among his works are ''Terror'' from 1942 and ''Kvi ...
, husband of
Kari Onstad[ and father of Viktoria Winge. On 16 August 2008, the opera '']Tosca
''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...
'' premiered at OscarsborgOpera with Stein Winge as director.
Winge portrayed industrialist Axel Aubert in the 2015 television series ''The Heavy Water War
''The Heavy Water War'' (original title ' and alternative title ''The Saboteurs'' (United Kingdom)) is a six-episode war drama television miniseries written by Petter S. Rosenlund and produced by NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. It is a ...
''.
Winge died on 26 February 2024, at the age of 83.
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1940 births
2024 deaths
Norwegian theatre directors
Male actors from Oslo
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