Oslo Opera Ball
annual operaball masquerade live performance held oslo norway tårnseilerne association swift since operaball merged oslo opera festival week concert performance opera classical music ball period historical costume masquerade ball held historical gamle logen old freemason lodge oslo renovated housed similar event christiania throughout th century attended norway famous composer artist – edvard grieg halfdan kjerulf johan svendsen etc participant first attended opera performance national opera house walk costume carnival procession horsedrawn cart historical centre oslo historical former freemason lodge follows parallel performance dance six different hall several orchestra group musician participant invited two evening rehearsal historical dance menuett mazurka francaise lanciers galopp forth lecture information evening inform period culture attire chosen theme event annual series historical precedent since hall annual masquerade ball old freemason lodge student association later also artist association carnival season christiania tradition closesly related present operaball oslo several composition written event notably johan svendsens festival polonaise edvard grieg performed held concert freemason lodge one piano composition called carnival present series initiated bjørn einar sakseid first fullscale ball required roccoco costume mozart style wig powder white stocking restoration reopening old freemason lodge ball series largest event hall capacity people gala performance procession walk historical route city street count wedels square freemason lodge performance norwegian opera folketeaterbygningen new opera house bjørvika opened miniopera held old freemason lodge operaballs alternately called roccoco ball mozart ball masquerade mask ball leap year ball february operaball valentine day orchestra playing midsummer night dream mendelssohn also christiania soirée organizer held first public ball akershus fortress since middle age bjørn einar mozart sakseid organizer operaballs first private initiative bjørn einar sakseid christopher brown tormod carlsen among student university oslo ball part student week norwegian student society led beatrice johnson fronted jo siri ekgren signe marie hernes association tårnseilerne swift founded addition ball old freemason lodge ball roccoco hall grand hotel oslo palace ball akershus castle fairytale ball holmenkollen park hotel leader operaballs – gjørill songvoll received city oslo culture prize operaball oslo inspired several similar ball notably student society trondheim jyske opera denmark opera house rostock germany copenhagen opera house visited referred invited member operaballs oslo similar event jutland opera den jyske opera organized several masquerade ball visiting oslo opera ball participation oslo masked ball held february first mask ball copenhagen modeled operaball oslo held february royal theatre molktes palé opera ball held annual course costume sewing costume manager bente iben sandvik – munkedamene emmy gram stine aasheim anne solli – olaug berg – elizabeth driveklepp anita landre official website oslo opera ball facebook «opera til folket» balladeno operaball nr tormod carlsen operaball nr ball charm paris ball operaball nr leap year ball operaball nr opera nightcostumes operaball nr opera lover operaball nr operafever blindern operaball nr culture courtise operaball wienerball freemason lodge gamle logen operaball nr norsk operamoro operaball nr menuett masksanno operaball nr norwegian operafun operaball nr ball life operaball nr fairytale operaball costume coutumes operaball nr pomp splendour operaball nr oslo operafestivalopera isnt frightening operaball nr opera people operaball nr operaball nr tårnseilerne