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Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt
Opening date
February 24, 1876
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A five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Peer Gynt chronicles the journey of its titular character from the Norwegian mountains to the North African desert.

Peer Gynt was first performed in Christiania (now Oslo) on 24 February 1876, with original music composed by Edvard Grieg that includes some of today's most recognized classical pieces, In the Hall of the Mountain King and Morning Mood. It was played by an (as-yet) unidentified orchestra, conducted by Edvard Grieg.

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