Name: Peer Gynt, op. 23
Start: 2025-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stifel Theatre

Organization

Admin

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Stage director

Bill Barclay

Conductor

Stéphane Denève

Instrumentalist

Vidar Skrede

Hardanger Fiddle

Singer

Camilla Tilling

Soprano

Others

St. Louis Symphony Chorus

Orchestra

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Peer Gynt, op. 23

St. Louis

United States

Stifel Theatre

Peer Gynt, op. 23 Grieg

Public

Saurav Kumar

Approved

Peer Gynt is rowdy, charismatic, and outrageous. He begs for more: more life, more joy, more fun. Director and writer Bill Barclay brings his acclaimed adaptation of Grieg’s Peer Gynt to Stifel Theatre. In this fully staged performance, the SLSO and Symphony Chorus are joined by actors, puppets, and sets. Come for the laughs and loves, but stay for the otherworldly beauty of soprano Camilla Tilling’s voice. This performance will be a theatrical experience like no other.  
 
A few things to know: 
Bill Barclay reinterprets the music of the past for our time. This director, writer, and composer was Director of Music at Shakespeare’s Globe for many years. It was there that he first united music and drama for the concert stage. 
Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling, a regular guest with many of the world's leading orchestras, does double duty: singing the role of Solveig in Norwegian and speaking the dialogue in English.  
Considered one of the founders of modern theater, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen abandoned verse after Peer Gynt and became known for dramas—including An Enemy of the People, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, and When We Dead Awaken—that examined harsh realities behind society’s polite facades.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Instrumentation

Ensemble