Some of the opera productions performed in Narvik during the 1980s and 1990s, include the Magic Flute ( ), Orfeus and Eurydike (1986), The Merry Widow (1989), Fidler on the Roof (1991), Romeo and Julie ( ), Die Csárdásfürstin (Czardasfyrstinnen) (1997) and the Barber of Seville (1999), to name a few.
Die Csárdásfürstin (The Csárdás Princess; translated into English as The Riviera Girl and The Gipsy Princess) is an operetta in 3 acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán, libretto by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach.
An Artistic Lift for Narvik
The Operaretta Czardasfyrstinnen was produced by Opera i Narvik and Den Norske Operaen (DNO) for the 40th Jubilee of co-operation between Riksoperaen and Narvik.
Eighty amateurs from Narvik and thrity five professionals from DNO, worked together to give three memorable performances 19th – 21st October 1997 at Folkets. Hus, Narvik.
A debate at the time discussed the degree to which the community could afford to support large productions like Czardasfyrstinnen, where local and national artists performed; concluded that without council support for operetta and other performing arts, Narvik’s vibrant cultural life would wither on the vine.
