Here, the walls and long corridors are full of stories of loss and desperation. HJEM occupies the abandoned building with the beautiful, dissonant sounds of a lone cello, in an encounter with both intimately personal and primal singing voices. In a prison walk, the audience will have the opportunity to feel the pain of loneliness and the power of community as a giant Choir of Loneliness lead the audience through the empty corridors. Each performance is rounded off with a communal meal in an atmospheric late summer setting.
HJEM creates authentic and intimate encounters between audience and performers as poet Stine Rejnholdt's libretto gives voice to real people's fragmented and hidden stories of loneliness. Award-winning composer and cellist Josefine Opsahl has composed 'HJEM' for the prison, while acclaimed Nullo Facchini will direct the performance.
In the 160-year-old state prison, this strong artistic team invite the audience deep into loneliness, while the encounter in music offers hope for a way out.
Photo: Per Rasmussen
INFORMATION
Porten, Fængselsvej 39, Albertslund
Mon 14.08.23 17.30
Tues 15.08.23 17.30
Wed 16.08.23 17.30
Thu 17.08.23 17.30
Fri 18.08.23 17.30
Sat 19.08.23 12.00 & 17.30
Sun 20.08.23 12.00 & 17.30
Mon 21.08.23 17.30
Tues 22.08.23 17.30
Two hours and 45 minutes including dinner.
Sung in danish.
The performance takes place as a walk, and is not suitable for people with reduced mobility.
ENTRANCE
Regular 375 kr.
The ticket includes a festive indian vegetarian dinner.
CAST & CREW
Composer: Josefine Opsahl
Librettist: Stine Rejnholdt
Director: Nullo Facchini
Stage and light design: Sara Topsøe-Jensen
Stage and light design (akt 2, scene 4 and 6-8): Vertigo v/ Mikkel Meyer
Sound design: Josefine Opsahl
Sound design (mix, master, live sound design): Tomas Kærup
Live sound design: Sebastian Vinther Olsen
Cellist: Andrew Power
Soloists: Nina Bols Lundgren (sopran), Nana Bugge Rasmussen (mezzosopran), Jens Christian Tvilum (tenor) og Steffen Bruun (bas)
Performer: Kamma Rosenbeck
The Choir of Loneliness: 40 volunteers, primarily from Albertslund
Choir training by: Ditte Rejnholdt
Producent: Stine C v/ Stine Rejnholdt
Light Technician: Troels Jakob Jensen
Director’s Assistant: Lisa Pernilla Forsell
Production Assistent: Idalucia Fillippa Solvig Jensen
Photo: Per Morten Abrahamsen
COLLABORATIONS
A. Enggaard A/S, Forbrændingen, Albertslund Bibliotek, Copenhagen Opera Festival og Slowburn Brewing Co-op
SUPPORT
Augustinus Fonden
William Demant Fonden
Wilhelm Hansen Fonden
Dansk Solistforbund
Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen Fonden
Dansk Komponist Forening
Koda Kultur
Dansk Skuespillerforbund
Statens Kunstfond
15. Juni Fonden
Albertslund Kommune
Porten
Team Handy
Brøgger - Unfolding Human Potential
