This year's Ringve Academy will be held on 13 and 14 October in collaboration with Ringve Music Museum. We will be visited by, among others, Ivar Tindberg during this year's academy.
Ringve Academy is an intensive two-day course designed to develop and recruit young singing talents. Parts of the course are open to the public, such as a masterclass in «private» at Ringve. This year's academy is in collaboration with the NTNU Department of Music and Ringve Music Museum.
Students from the NTNU Department of Music get the opportunity this year to work with, among others, Ivar Tindberg.
Ivar Tindberg is a Norwegian director, lyricist, dramaturgist and composer, particularly renowned for his work in musical theatre. Tindberg studied music, theatre and literature at the University of Oslo, and directing at the National Theatre School. He had his breakthrough as a director when he staged the popular revue "Tusen år og like blid" (A Thousand Years and Just as Happy) for Det Norske Teatret in 1997, a production for which he also wrote the music. Tindberg was the director for Bør Børson with Opera Trøndelag in 2022.
This year's masterclass will focus on:
- The character's external circumstances. What is in the material for the character.
- What information is available in the text related to the character?
NTNU students will also work closely on the Opera Collective's world premiere: «The system. They will meet director and librettist Oda Fiskum, as well as singer and producer Patrick Egersborg for a dedicated dialogue session. Here, the academy will focus on:
- How do you make an opera?
- Producer's duties?
- What must one consider when setting up a brand new opera?
- Libretto. How do you make it?