Sissel Kyrkjebø « Sissels Jul 2026 »

On 15 December 2026 at Operaen in Copenhagen, Sissel Kyrkjebø brings Sissels Jul 2026, a seasonal set shaped by her long‑standing bridge between pop, Nordic folk, sacred repertoire and approachable classical. Active since the mid‑80s and born in Bergen, she has built a Christmas songbook where hymns meet traditional tunes and ballads, sung in Norwegian, English and other languages. The program nods to Glade Jul and draws on chapters like Into Paradise and Northern Lights, with arrangements that move from intimate to expansive while keeping the melody at the center.

Her path across symphonic collaborations, TV specials and film music feeds a way of programming that lets carols, psalms and crossover songs sit side by side. At Operaen, the set flows between languages and styles, anchored in melody and text, with a Nordic winter atmosphere never far away. A December date in Copenhagen that treats Christmas music as shared repertoire, rooted in tradition and open to the present.