"Some Sunny Night"© - official premiere September 13th.

The mini-opera "Some Sunny Night"© had its official premiere at the 50th. anniversary of Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital September 13th. Thomas Stanghelle has composed the music and written the libretto. Guest - artists at this event were four times Olympic Champion Johann Olav Koss, Morten Harket, Stephen Ackles and Xiao Yan from China. "Some Sunny Night"© was directed by the world-known director Daniel Bohr. Among the guests were the Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Ambassadors of USA, China and Russia, politicians, ministers, and people from the media. There was made a tv-production of the mini-opera at this event, later to be shown on Norwegian TV. Read the program for the mini-opera, with pictures. operaprogram.pdf (464 kb) Read more about the story of the mini-opera. The cast: Director: Daniel Bohr Ketil Moe: Kjetil Støa (baryton) Astrid: Cecilie Rønning (soprano) Mark Wang: Thomas Stanghelle (tenor) Shen Lipeng (Mark's mother): Turid Stanghelle (mezzo-soprano) Ying: Xiao Yan (soprano) Johann Olav Koss: Johann Olav Koss (speaking-part as himself) Guest artists: Morten Harket and Stephen Ackles. Conductor: Pål Rullestad Opera - choir: from the Norwegian Opera and Sunnaas Rehabiltatition Hospital. Musicians: Natasja Rybak, Alexander Rybak, Igor Rybak and Pål Rullestad Sound engineering: Bernt Austad