History does not exist
Sat, Sep 13
|Gamle Munch
The unravelling of Europe through three videos, 18 musicians and an unexpected theatrical intervention.
Time & Location
Sep 13, 2025, 9:00 PM
Gamle Munch, Tøyengata 53, 0578 Oslo, Norge
About the Event
Across three large screens—Russia, France, and Germany—The Followers of Ø present an operatic, polyphonic rendering of European history, from the dawn of time to the First World War. In a drama filled with power, utopias, resistance, and "history as the Realization of Spirit", we encounter iconic figures such as Napoleon, Beethoven, Hegel, and Marx, alongside the fearsome "Einzelgänger". Events take an unexpected turn when a group of mysterious anthropologists propel the story into our own time: HISTORY DOES NOT EXIST.
Oslo Sinfonietta, conducted by Christian Eggen, intensify the opera's themes with pseudo-symphonic intermezzi in neoclassical style. Leitmotifs are further developed and the action continues on a subconscious and virtual level—towards spectacular, visionary, and revolutionary heights.