Mette Borg

Mette Marjatta Borg graduated with an MA in Dramaturgy from the University of Copenhagen in 1985, and worked for a number of years as an external lecturer at that university. She is a sought-after consultant for directors, actors, singers and musicians, and is also active as a lecturer with an extensive catalogue of topics in dramaturgy as well as in the history of theatre, culture, opera and ideas.

Mette regards theoretical and knowledge subjects as an indispensable part of practice, giving the student deepened insight, clarity and overview, and releasing the imagination and associations. As a natural part of her professional life, she keeps her finger on the pulse of contemporary trends and cultural life – not least in music and song. She finds great inspiration and knowledge in dialogue with the students, and helps them to find their personal paths to inspiration and knowledge by encouraging them to seek out the entire art world that surrounds them.

Teaching

Mette is a part-time teacher at RDAM, and primarily teaches voice students in the history of opera and culture. She also teaches at the Opera Academy, and in the subjects theatre history and dramaturgy/text analysis at the Danish National School of Performing Arts, where she has been employed since 1986.

For several years Mette has worked with dramaturgical-analytical and stage guidance of classical singers and musicians, inter alia as a regular teacher in the Nordic Song Festival (Trollhättan), and on Bornholm (Svaneke) as part of the “Experimentarium for Classical Singing”.

Professional practice

In addition to teaching, Mette is active in many different contexts. In 2013, for example, she directed the theatre concert Clara – Indre Stemmer (Clara – Inner Voices), which played at Hofteatret, followed by a tour of Denmark. The performance had lyrics by Karl Aage Rasmussen and music by Brahms and Robert and Clara Schumann.

Mette has been engaged as dramaturgist in several performances, including the concert drama Shakespeare og Gesualdos spejl (Shakespeare and Gesualdo’s Mirror), which was performed in 2016 by Chr. IV’s Vocal Ensemble under the direction of Ruben Munk.

Mette has given many presentations and lectures, for example in connection with the Nordic Song Festival. She has also been a speaker/master of ceremonies at several concerts, including the Fejø Festival 2020, and several times in connection with the musical theme salons that Elsinore Song Factory holds in the Old Customs House of Elsinore under the name ‘Salon T’.

For many years, Mette has worked as a consultant for professional singers, musicians, actors and directors, especially in connection with dramaturgical analysis and interpretation. She also regularly works as a supervising instructor on solo projects at the Opera Academy.