Name: Love Fail
Start: 2023-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Den Fynske Opera

Organization

Singer

Freja Eva Lockewitz

Soloist

Nanna Ipsen

Stage director

David Lang

Set designer

Thomas Malyon

Choreographer

Josephine Ibsen

Video designer

Magnus Pind Bjerre

Conductor

Selma Mongelard

Angelica Asp

Lykke Appelon

Den Fynske Opera

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SAGA Vokalensemble

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Love Fail

Odense

Denmark

Love Fail Lang,D

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Approved

In a completely new staging of the work 'Love Fail', the quartet SAGA Vocal Ensemble shows how much you can do with a stage space, a video projection and four female voices. 'Love Fail' is loosely based on the legend of 'Tristan and Isolde': a medieval tale of two young people, a knight and a princess, who accidentally drink a love potion and fall inseparably in love. It is the beginning of a classic triangle drama, where the two lovers helplessly continue their affair despite Isolde's engagement and marriage to the king. An affair that ultimately costs them their lives.  
'Love Fail' invites us to explore how love stories are framed in art. The opera is created through the straightforward way in which librettist Lydia Davis has composed the texts - in a mixture of old and newly written words. Moreover, much of the power of the piece comes from the fact that it is written for women's voices and performed a capella. A composition which stands out by reflecting a broad range of women's life. 'Love Fail' is a three-dimensional, poetic insight into a love affair, which contains both happiness, concealment, addiction, sorrow and light. 

  

'Love Fail' was written in 2012 by the American composer David Lang, who is one of the greatest international composers of our time. His sound is minimalistic, crystal clear and full of human honesty.

I en helt ny iscenesættelse af værket ‘Love Fail’ viser kvartetten SAGA Vokalensemble, hvor meget man kan med et scenerum, en videoprojektion og fire kvindestemmer. ‘Love Fail’ er skrevet frit over legenden om ‘Tristan og Isolde’: En middelalderfortælling om to unge mennesker, en ridder og en prinsesse, der ved et uheld kommer til at drikke en kærlighedsdrik og bliver uadskilleligt forelskede. Det er begyndelsen på et klassisk trekantsdrama, hvor de to elskende hjælpeløst fortsætter deres affære på trods af Isoldes forlovelse og ægteskab med kongen. En affære, som i sidste ende koster dem livet.  
‘Love Fail’ inviterer os til at udforske, hvordan kærlighedshistorier bliver rammesat i kunsten. Operaen er skabt gennem den ligefremme måde, hvorpå librettist Lydia Davis har sammensat teksterne – i en blanding af gamle og nyskrevne ord. Meget af kraften i stykket kommer desuden fra det faktum, at det er skrevet til kvinders stemmer og fremføres a capella. En komposition, som skiller sig ud ved at afspejle en bredspektret vifte af kvinde-livet. ‘Love Fail’ er et tredimensionelt, poetisk indblik i en kærlighedsaffære, som både rummer lykke, fortielse, afhængighed, sorg og lys. 

  

‘Love Fail’ er skrevet i 2012 af den amerikanske komponist David Lang, som er én af vor tids allerstørste, internationale komponister. Hans lyd er minimalistisk, glasklar og fuld af menneskelig ærlighed.

dansk

Love Fail by Lang, David, From (2023/2023), Directed by David Lang,, Conductor Selma Mongelard, Den Fynske Opera, Odense, Denmark

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