STIKLESTAD, KNUT Knut Stiklestad has performed rôles for The Norwegian Opera and many opera houses around Norway, including Trondheim, Kristiansund, Bergen, Kristiansand, Bodø and Opera Mobile. He has worked in opera for conductors Terje Boye Hansen, Neil Dodd, Kjell Seim, Ole Kristian Ruud and Stefan Sköld, and with directors including Bentein Baardson, Ronald Rørvik, Wilhelm Sandven and Stein Winge. Knut Stiklestad has toured with the concert piece based on Knut Hamsun’s collection of poems entitled Den vilda kören, set to music and accompanied by Bjørn Willadsen. He can also be heard on CD with songs by Paul Okkenhaug and religious folk-songs from Trøndelag. There have also been several romance programmes for radio and TV. In addition he has taken part in music festivals such as the St Olav Festival in Trondheim, Nordland Music Festival, the Winter Chamber Music Festival in Bergstaden, the Northern Light Festival and Norsk Musikkfestival.
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