Kristian Meisingset
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Kristian Meisingset is a Norwegian
editor on culture in the conservative quarterly periodical Minerva
. He has a master in literature
from the University of Oslo
, and is now Norwegian language
-teacher at Sonans Privatgymnas
. Meisingset has been famous for criticising the genre opera
for being out-of-date and for being "not able to affect the contemporary society".
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
editor on culture in the conservative quarterly periodical Minerva
Minerva (Norwegian periodical)
Minerva is a Norwegian liberal conservative periodical that started publishing in 1924. It was started by members of the Conservative Students' association in Oslo. In , Nils August Andresen is executive editor, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen editor on society, Kristian Meisingset on culture and Fredrik...
. He has a master in literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
from the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
, and is now Norwegian language
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
-teacher at Sonans Privatgymnas
Sonans Privatgymnas
Sonans Privatgymnas is a private secondary school in Norway. It operates under the umbrella of Sonans Utdanning. The school offers general subjects for students who need to pass exams in subjects at upper secondary level in Norway; which may be necessary to obtain a general university admissions...
. Meisingset has been famous for criticising the genre opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
for being out-of-date and for being "not able to affect the contemporary society".