The violin virtuosa Ole Bull was Norway’s first superstar. His bath water was sold in perfume bottles to his fans, and he conquered the world while his children and wife were neglected. He was the violin king who seduced both women and audience. His life was crazy and without limits, just like Bull himself. He was not only the great idol of his times, but also a burning nationalist, struggling for the independence of Norway. He sent the fifteen year old composer Edward Grieg to music studies in Germany and hired the young Henrik Ibsen as the head of the first national theatre that he also founded. He travelled restlessly around the world, made friends with the Russian tsar and the Spanish queen. Ole Bull played the violin for Abraham Lincoln and founded Oleana, his own state in America.
An amazing drama, about the violin king constantly touring for 55 years who won the world, but lost the ones closest to him.
Monday December 1st at 20:30 outdoor at the Alliance Ethio-Francaise.