Videos taken of, or for, some of Bridget’s productions
Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer
Richard Wagner composer
Bergen National Opera, Norway
Eun Sun Kim conductor
John Ramster director
Bridget Kimak designer
Jean Kalman lighting designer
Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer
Presented by Bergen National Opera & Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Excerpts from the final night’s performance at the Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway.
Senta’s Ballad features soprano Elisabeth Teige
“World class Wagner performance” – Aftenposten
The critically acclaimed Norwegian Wagner soprano, Elisabeth Teige, and Iain Paterson, internationally renowned Scottish bass-baritone, lead the drama as Senta and the Dutchman. For more information please see the production page
Copyright Bergen National Opera / bno.no
Mozart: Figaros Brollöp • Figaron Häät
The Marriage of Figaro for Turun Opera at the Abo Svenska Teater, Turku,Finland was set in the 1930’s in Hollywood. The video, directed by John Ramster and filmed and edited by John Reading, starred Kevin Greenlaw as Count Almaviva and Marjukka Tepponen as Countess Almaviva.
Filmed as a silent, “home movie,” Happier Days was created to reflect the early days of love and joy remembered by Countess Almaviva while singing the aria, “Dove Sono”