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Copenhagen Opera Festival

Singer

Tenor

Torben Kirkegaard

Asger

Soprano

Nana Bugge Rasmussen

Maria

Baritone

David Kragh Danving

Allan

Countertenor

Daniel Carlsson

Steso

Valdemar Villadsen

Bass

Nils Gustén

Hossein

Mezzo-soprano

Sophie Haagen

Maja

Gitta-Maria Sjöberg

Marias mor / Stesos mor

Cassandra Lemoine

Tilde

Steffen Bruun

Carl

Spoken

Morten Thunbo

Marias far

Marluze da Cruz

Junkiehunde

Noora Hannula

Stage director

Anja Behrens

Conductor

Jakob Hultberg

Lighting designer

Mikael Sylvest

Costume designer

Christian Albrechtsen

Set designer

Repetiteur

Louise Schrøder

Orchestra

Ars Nova

Copenhagen Phil

Danish

Nordkraft

Copenhagen

Denmark

Operaen (Copenhagen Opera House)

Takkelloftet

Public

Approved

Nordkraft er blevet forvandlet til opera, og den går helt nye veje i forsøget på at indfange den fængslende atmosfære og det heftige…

Nordkraft has been transformed into an opera, and it takes completely new paths to capture the captivating atmosphere and the intense emotional life in Jakob Ejersbo's classic novel.
 

If you are interested in danish literature or film, there are good chances that you already know everything about Nordkraft and the book's gloomy Aalborg universe - a windswept underworld teeming with drug addicts, desperadoes and crooked existences. When Jakob Ejersbo's literary new classic emerges as an opera this late summer, the narrative takes on an extra dimension. Because what does abuse really sound like? How does the emotional soundtrack, framing drug addiction and the feeling of not fitting in sound?

 

This is exactly what composer Signe Lykke, director Anja Behrens, set designer Christian Albrechtsen and Copenhagen Opera Festival are trying to get the shovel under with an innovative and radically different grip.

"There will be recognizable lines, but Nordkraft as an opera will not be a reunion, because we do not at all want to tell the same story that many people know so well in advance. Instead, we focus on the emotional force - the human abyss and the unconditional love - which the book also contains, and Ejersbo described so ruthlessly, "explains Anja Behrens.

 

The opera is initiated and produced by Copenhagen Opera Festival and has been underway since 2016. It will have its world premiere during Aalborg Opera Festival, and it will - of course - take place at Teater Nordkraft, which is housed in the old power plant, which originally gave its name to Jakob Ejersbos novel. After that, soloists, musicians, choirs and scenography will continue east to occupy the Takkelloftet at the Copenhagen Opera from 25 August to 28 August during the Copenhagen Opera Festival.

English

Nordkraft er blevet forvandlet til opera, og den går helt nye veje i forsøget på at indfange den fængslende atmosfære og det heftige følelsesliv i Jakob Ejersbos nyklassiker.
 

Der gode chancer for, at du allerede kender til Nordkraft og bogens dystre Aalborg-univers – en vindblæst underverden, der myldrer med narkomaner, desperadoer og skæve eksistenser. Når Jakob Ejersbos litterære nyklassiker denne sensommer springer ud som nykomponeret opera, får fortællingen en ekstra dimension. Der bliver således skruet ned for det genkendelige og op for det udforskende.

 

For hvordan lyder et misbrug egentlig? Hvordan gengives den emotionelle klangbund, som indrammer narkomani og følelsen af ikke at passe ind?

 

Det er netop det, som komponist Signe Lykke, instruktør Anja Behrens, scenograf Christian Albrechtsen og Copenhagen Opera Festival prøver at få skovlen under.

"Der vil falde genkendelige replikker, men Nordkraft som opera bliver ikke et gensyn. I stedet sætter vi fokus på den emotionelle kraft – den menneskelige afgrund og den betingelsesløse kærlighed – som bogen også rummer, og Ejersbo beskrev så skånselsløst," forklarer Anja Behrens. 

 

Operaen er initieret og produceret af Copenhagen Opera Festival og har været undervejs siden 2016. Men den får verdenspremiere under Aalborg Operafestival, og det skal – selvfølgelig – foregå på Teater Nordkraft, der har til huse i det gamle kraftværk, som oprindeligt lagde navn til Jakob Ejersbos roman.

 

Derefter fortsætter solister, musikere, kor og scenografi østover for at indtage Takkelloftet på Operaen i København fra den 25. august til 28. august under Copenhagen Opera Festival.

dansk

Nordkraft by Lykke, From (2021/2021), Directed by Anja Behrens,, Conductor Jakob Hultberg, Operaen (Copenhagen Opera House), Copenhagen, Denmark

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