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Impossible not to be swept up by Norway's new Les Misérables

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Opinion Named sources Context piece
  • Aftenposten's theatre critic praises the emotional force and intensity of a new Norwegian production of Les Misérables.
  • The musical, based on Victor Hugo's novel and set around the 1832 Paris uprising, uses every available theatrical device to affect the audience.
  • The review says the production is highly compelling, while noting that a pause would have been welcome.

It takes time to recover after seeing a performance like Les Misérables, Aftenposten's theatre critic writes. The new Norwegian production at Oslo's Folketeateret delivers a barrage of emotion, with no shortage of intensity or effort.

Based on Victor Hugo's monumental novel about life in Paris before and during the 1832 uprising, the musical is built around suffering that should pull at the heart and pound in the chest. In this production, that emotional impact arrives in full force.

No theatrical device has been spared, the review says. Everyone works extremely hard, and the result makes it impossible not to be swept up. Yet amid all that intensity, the critic adds, a moment to breathe would not have gone amiss.

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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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