The central chandelier is created of hand-cast glass bars lit from behind by LED lights. The design of the theatre’s main curtain is signed by artist Pae White. The intimate horseshoe shape of The Main Hall hints to the origins of classic theatres. The for an Opera House unusual wooden theme is a soft reminder of Norwegian nature and history. Explore that special silence of great expectations that occurs before it all starts.

Make an early arrival before the play begins and guests commence to fill the hall. As a bonus, the structure of the building has given the waterfront back to citizens and visitors.

Throughout the year, The Oslo Opera House hosts a large variety of outdoor plays, concerts and other events. And further behind: The many fairytale-like shaped hills and mountains which embraces Oslo, the fastest-growing capital in Europe. To your left: A quick scenery over the city core of Oslo. On your right: The fjord archipelago with small, traditional wooden summer houses painted in bright, optimistic colours. The innovative physique of the Opera House with its marble-covered roof will unveil surprisingly different angles of the city you have come to visit. The final result has gained recognition from the European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, which awarded it the highest prize for contemporary architecture.This structure made for walking also offers an unexpectedly cool sit-down experience. Especially for this project, we developed the OPERA luminaire system, which has exceptional IP67 ingress protection, allowing for the illumination of the building from the seaside. The Oslo Opera House building is the first of our projects, where LED technology was used not only for decorative lighting, but also for general lighting. The building stands out thanks to its neomodernistic shape and is constructed of marble and wood – a nod towards the rawness of the Norwegian fjords. It was designed by the architecture firm Snøhetta and fits in perfectly with the surrounding space, uniting the soft sea waves with the harsh mainland. It lies in the heart of the country’s capital and takes up an area of 38,000 sq. The Oslo Opera House is the largest cultural complex that has been built in Norway in the last 700 years.

Oslo opera house