New Opera: Påske / Easter
Mon 07 Apr
|Kilden
Gisle Kverndokk and librettist Aksel-Otto Bull's new opera Easter is a strong and touching family drama based on a play by August Strindberg.
Time & Location
07 Apr 2014, 19:00 – 21:00
Kilden, Sjølystveien 2, 4610 Kristiansand, Norway
About the Event
Saturday 5 April - Kilden, Kristiansand
Monday 7 April - Sandnes Kulturhus
Wednesday 9 April - Olavshallen, Trondheim
Friday 11 April - Logen, Bergen
Sunday 13 April - Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo
Gisle Kverndokk: Påske / Easter
Strindberg's Easter creates a delicate dream world of love and compassion. Its three acts take place on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the eve of Easter. Composer Gisle Kverndokk, with librettist Aksel-Otto Bull examine the themes of suffering and transcendence through forgiveness, as Strindberg portrays the traumatic events in the lives of the Heyst family, shamed and tortured by family dis- grace. While the story sets out a bleak scenario, the conclusion is one of spiritual uplift and illumination.
Gisle Kverndokk / music
Aksel-Otto Bull / libretto
Magnus Loddgard / conductor
Åse Hegrenes / scenography and costume
Hallvar Djupvik / Elis
Melis Jaatinen / Kristina
Emil Solli-Tangen / Benjamin
Vibeke Kristensen / Eleonora
Toril Carlsen / Fru Heyst
Ketil Hugaas / Lindkvist
Kristiansand strykekvartett
Cikada strykekvartett
Choir:
Ola Marius Ryan / Elis 2
Kari Lise Høgseth / Kristina 2
Dagfinn Andersen / Benjamin 2
Silje Marie Aker Johnsen / Eleonora 2
Randi Bjerge-Sköld / Fru Heyst 2
Produced by Opera Sør