VIDEO: Get A First Look At THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Folketeatret

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will finally haunt Norwegian audiences. The musical will open In Oslo this Fall. Here is the first trailer.

This is not be a replica-production of all too familiar original, and will be helmed by Australian born Stephen Barlow, who has already directed the Romanian 2015 premiere in Bucharest. He brings with him the rest of the creative team from the very same production to Oslo, including Ewan Jones (choreography), Andrew Riley (Stage design and costumes) and Howard Hudson (Light designer). Atle Halstensen will be Musical Director and Lars Jacobsen wll be assisting director.

It will star Espen Grjotheim as The Phantom. Finish soprano Mira Ormala will be playing Christine, and her knight in shining armor, Raoul, will be played be Swedish born Carl Lindquist. Former Internationally renowned opera and concert singer Solveig Kringlebotn will be playing the furiously nasty diva, Carlotta Giudicelli.

The rest of the cast will include Markus Bjørlykke, Hans Marius Mittet, Arvid Larsen, Jannike Kruse, Charlotte Brænna, Trygve Svinland, Trond Teigen, Øyvind Boye Løvold, Liv-Unni Larsson Undall, Jonathan Böiers, Andreas Hoff, Astrid Giske, Aurora Louise H. Itland, Birgitte Velsvik, Egil Solberg Smørås, Fransiska Sveinall, Inger Øverebø Uberg, Kamilla Tell Aronsen, Kristoffer Grua Pedersen, Malin Skjolde, Marius Grønsdal, Marte Golten, Mare Jahren, Samuel Brandt, Sofia Skjønneberg, Stine Mari Langstrand, Thomas Ottersen, and Tine Bariås.