National Theater
Neo-baroque national playhouse flanked by bronze statues of Ibsen and Bjørnson, opened in 1899.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the National Theater in Oslo turns on one autumn evening in nineteen eighty, when the actress Wenche Foss was on stage in the second act of an ordinary performance of The Ice Bird. It also reaches back to the bronze figures of Ibsen and Bjørnson who have flanked the entrance since opening day in eighteen ninety-nine. Best heard standing on the square in front of the façade, between the two statues.
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