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After touring Norway in 2006, and receiving standing ovations after every performance, Terje Vigen headed for it's first ever performance in the USA. Terje Vigen was performed as part of the Norway Day Festival 5th & 6th May 2007, at Ft. Mason on the San Francisco Bay.

Click here for video footage from the Norway Day Festival.

After a standing ovation from over 1000 people in the Oslo Concert Hall, and full houses and good critics after touring Norway in 2006, Rein Alexander performed Terje Vigen as part of the opening of the Ålesund Boatfestival 2007. This was the first major outdoor performance of Terje Vigen.

Over the last two years, Rein Alexander has performed principal roles in major musicals at Moster Amfi, including Les Miserables and Chess - always attracting a great audience. This year he performed Terje Vigen, and as always, he gave a spectacular performance!

In 2007, Terje Vigen visited Moster Amfi, Alven and Fitjar as part of the Kystsogevekene 2007. Both at Moster Amfi as well as at Alven, Terje Vigen was staged in open-air-theatres. At Fitjar Terje Vigen was performed in the Culture House Theatre - Kulturhuset. Terje Vigen will surely be a great experience to see performed at these three places, all representing a piece of Norwegian maritime culture-history.

Following a standing ovation from over 1000 people in the Oslo Concert Hall, Rein Alexander yet again performed 'Terje Vigen' to a full house, receiving good reviews and a standing ovation.

Press cuttings:

Rein Alexander performed Terje Vigen in the Oslo Concerthall, which has been the largest performance of the piece to date. With the film as part of the set design, together with the music composed by Kjell-Ole Haune, this was a concert to remember!

Marking the beginning of the construction of Rolfsbukta-Fornebu, Norway's largest Estate Project.

Excerpts of Terje Vigen were performed as part of this event, which included guests such as the Mayor of Oslo and the Mayor of Bærum. KOH Ltd was responsible for organising the event in collaboration with Fornebu Boligspar.

Find out how Terje Vigen can be performed as part of your event, festival or conference by sending an e-mail to: koh@terjevigen.com

Rein Alexander recently performed Terje Vigen in Holmestrand Kulturhus, Biorama as part of the Holmestrand Festival 2006. Terje Vigen was listed as one of the main attraction at the annual Festival. Click here for a press report.

Standing Ovation in Arendal Kuturhus!

Terje Vigen was met with a full house in Arendal. Rein Alexander was signing CDs after the performance. This performance was supported by Husbanken to mark their 60th Anniversary.

The World Premiere of Terje Vigen took place in Drammen Theater on the 27th January 2006, and was met with a full house and a standing ovation. Rein Alexander became the first artist to perform Terje Vigen live on stage.

As a bonus for the audience attending the opening night, West End artistes Andrew Bain and Alexander Lycke were brought in and performed four verses of the English and German versions of Terje Vigen, together with Rein Alexander. The former Minister of Culture Affairs in Norway Valgerd Svarstad Haugland - who has also written the foreword in the Terje Vigen book - gave a speech at the reception following the performance.

Part of the dress rehearsal that took place the day before the Premier of Terje Vigen was organized as part of an event for a large Norwegian Company. The performance took place in front of a full house and was performed by Rein Alexander.

"We arrived in Wuhan on Friday 13th May 2005, after travelling for almost 24 hours. We were almost as excited as we were exhausted. We found our names printed in the program in both English and Chinese. It was fascinating to learn how popular Ibsen is in China, so popular that they learn about him in school, alongside with Shakespeare. An important thing to learn as a Norwegian is actually to find out how highly Ibsen is thought after by so many countries worldwide.

The name of our presentation was "A Hidden Treasure". The reason for this is that Ibsen is mostly known for his plays and not for his poetry, so Terje Vigen we hope would catch interest as a piece by Ibsen not very many had heard of. And we where right!

To make a long story short, our presentation of Terje Vigen, the important values addressed in the poem, and the music we presented caught the interest from everyone present, ranging from students to professors from all over the world!

China is a large market which we very much hope to explore further. We really hope to bring Terje Vigen to China sometime in 2006. With the help and the enthusiasm that we have met so far, we are very much looking forward to continue our conversation with all the many interesting people we met during the conference and our stay in China.

We would like to give a big thank you to the organisers of the event, for a well executed and successful conference."