The new Opera House in Oslo opens today. [Something you won't read about in the columns of Classical-Music-Is-Dying-I-Tell-You-Goddammit-Why-Won't-You-Listen-You-Fools critic Norman Lebrecht, of course.]

There's an interesting multi-media presentation of the new house (commentary in Norwegian, but you can look at the pretty pics) here (you have to skip past a sponsor's ad by Mercedes first):
http://atvs.vg.no/player/?id=15356   (there are 13 other videoclips of "Backstage at the Norske Oper" if you fancy - this is No #1).

Here's the official Olso Opera House site (in English):
http://www.oslooperahouse.com/
(the graphics aren't loading correctly in the English-language version of the site - just big empty gaps where they should have been)

If anyone's interested in skipping off to Europe's most, err, expensive capital, the opera repertoire includes a Nick Hytner production of Don Carlos, and also Valkyrie, Carmen, Peter Grimes and Elektra    You can book online.