Organization

Conductor

Kent Nagano

Chorus master

Benjamin Goodson

Singer

Paul Curievici

Forest crow

Soprano

Rainelle Krause

Princess

Tenor

Lucas van Lierop

Prince

Mezzo-soprano

Rachael Wilson

Mari Eriksmoen

Gerda

Helena Rasker

Old Lady

Varvara Tishina

Angel Voice

Charlotte Janssen

Grandmother

Finn Woman

Bass

Seth Carico

Snow Queen

Reindeer

Clock

Forest Crow

Countertenor

Owen Willetts

Castle Crow

Het Concertgebouw

Orchestra

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

Others

Large Broadcast Choir

Groot Omroepkoor

Omroep Muziek

Kent Nagano en The Snow Queen

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Public

The Snow Queen

Approved

Kent Nagano conducts Abrahamsen's The Snow Queen: Snedronningen Abrahamsen

Seemingly classic story

In 2019 Abrahamsen The Snow Queen its premiere in Munich, an opera based on Andersen's fairy tale about the children Kay and Gerda, who are separated from each other by the evil Snow Queen but who will eventually find each other again. It seems like a classic tale of the eternal struggle between good and evil. The Queen kidnaps Kay after the splinters of a devilish mirror have left him cold and indifferent. Gerda finally delivers him from evil.



Snow Queen in a new light

However, Abrahamsen places the story in a different light. With him, the Snow Queen is closer to Sarastro from Mozart's Magic Flute, the priest who leads Tamino and Pamina through an initiation ritual to their purification. She is also a formative force, and it is no coincidence that he has her part sung by a bass-baritone. In this way, that complex fairy tale becomes a story about love, the loss of innocence and the road to adulthood.

English

Kent Nagano en The Snow Queen by Abrahamsen, From (2022/2022), Conductor Kent Nagano, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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