CONDUCTOR:

Olof Bomann

CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY, DIRECTION:

Jon R. Skulberg

SET DESIGN:

Maja Ziska

LIGHT DESIGN:

Kerstin Weimers

COSTUME DESIGN:

Birgit Berndt

SCENOGRAPHY ASSISTANT:

Olga Regitze Dyrløv Høegh

AGENT:

Lene Bang

VOCALS & DANCERS:

Melis Jaatinen, Yared Tilahun Cederlund, Klara Ek, Kenzo Kusuda, Arash Azarbad, Linda Blomqvist, Joanna Holewa Chrona, Risa Kojima

Norrlandsoperan choir

Norrlandsoperan Symphony orchestra

PRODUCTION:

Norrlandsoperan



We - an unknown opera of Bach?’ is about the human dimension of a collective and how to reject the hierarchy between individual and collective - a choir and a soloist. How the individual is only legitimized by the collective. The project is a universal investigation and a democratic interpretation of ‘the sacred’ in Bach's music.

In ´We - an unknown opera of Bach?´ we will search for a movement language where different bodies can co-exist and be cohesive. Not by performing, or repeating gestures in unison, but by creating collective awareness around the potential of each body – in their abilities and limitations. The choir, dancers, and soloists, will create a holistic image in motion in unison with the music and light – an image that will oscillate between the known and the unknown. The everyday and the transcendent.

REVIEWS:

Folkbladet
"Devastatingly beautiful"


Swedish Radio, P4.
"An absolutely fantastic performance ... this is nothing like anything else"


Västerbottens-Kuriren
"A genuine, professional teamwork with high artistic ambitions."

"Norrlandsoperan really dared to experiment!"


Expressen
"Bach's wonderful music gets a mysterious framing"

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