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.
The production is supported by Statens Kunstfond, Bikubenfonden and Det Obelske Familiefond.
INFORMATION
Teater Nordkraft, Aalborg
07.08.2021 20.00
08.08.2021 15.00
Operaen, Takkelloftet, København
25.08.2021 20.00
26.08.2021 20.00
27.08.2021 20.00
28.08.2021 20.00
Varighed: 2 timer og 45 minutter inklusiv pauser
ENTRÉ
Normal: 260 kroner
Ung: 160 kroner
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Grafik: Søren Meisner
Foto: Ólafur Gestsson
CREATIVE TEAM
Komponist: Signe Lykke
Librettist: Nila Parly
Dirigent: Jakob Hultberg
Instruktør: Anja Behrens
Scenograf og kostumedesign: Christian Albrechtsen
Lysdesigner: Mikael Sylvest
CAST
Maria: Nana Bugge Rasmussen
Allan: David Kragh Danving
Steso: Daniel Carlsson
Asger: Magnus Renkwitz Bruun og Torben Nielsen Kirkegaard (Aalborg) / Valdemar Villadsen (København)
Hossein: Nils Gustén
Maja: Sophie Haagen
Marias mor / Stesos mor: Gitta-Maria Sjöberg
Tilde: Cassandra Lemoine
Carl: Steffen Bruun
Marias far: Morten Thunbo
Dansere og medskabere af bevægelsessprog junkiehundene, 1.akt:
Marluze da Cruz, Noora Hannula
CHOIR
Ars Nova Copenhagen: Thomas Kiørbye, Luis Toscano, Nils Greenhow, Asger Lynge Petersen, Jakob Skjoldborg, Miles Lallemant, Paul Frederiksen, Mikkel Tuxen
ORCHESTRA
Halvcirkel: Nicole Hogstrand, Pernille Kristiansen, Mika Persdotter Svensson, Isabel Bania, Andreas Hjorth Jessen
Blæsere fra Copenhagen Phil – Hele Sjællands Symfoniorkester:
Trompet: Abimelek Gonzalez
Trombone: Anders Østergaard Frandsen
Fløjte: Kaja Marie Andersen
Obo: Elizabeth Gibbs
klarinet: Natalie Harris
Fagot: Kristine Lassen
Horn: Niels Aamand Pedersen
Percussion: Mathias Friis-Hansen, David Hildebrandt
Piano: Louise Schrøder
PRODUCTION
Producent: Copenhagen Opera Festival v/ Anne Sophie Gertz and Tjill Dreyer
Forlag: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Produktionsleder: Christian Jütte
Instruktørassistent: Frederik Kyhn Bøge / Christina Hildebrandt
Lysleverandør: Light Design v/Rasmus Haar
Lydafvikling og leverandør: Kim Khan
Forestillingsleder Louise Steen Lilliekvist
Kostumier: Bente Nielsen / Tytti Hongisto
Tekstilformidler praktikant: Katrine Jensen
Rekvisitør: Ida Egelund Jensen
Byg: Christian Lacoppidan, Jens Peter Jensen
Orkesterregissør: Smartcrew v/Andreas Holm
Repetitør: Louise Schrøder
COLLABORATION
Nordkraft er bestilt og produceret af Copenhagen Opera Festival.
Operaen er baseret på Jakob Ejersbos roman NORDKRAFT og opføres med tilladelse fra Copenhagen Literary Agency.
Uropførelsen er arrangeret af Aalborg Operafestival i samarbejde med Teater Nordkraft og Copenhagen Opera Festival.
SUPPORT
Forestillingen gennemføres med støtte fra Statens Kunstfond, Bikubenfonden og Det Obelske Familiefond.
THANK YOU
Det Kongelige Teater og Frode Andersen
Nordkraft synges på dansk uden overtekster.
