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Two days of inspiring workshops and seminars in music drama were delivered by experienced composer Christofer Elgh. We were guided through his music, and followed the narrative of the operas and his artistic decisions in the working processes.

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Short Stories IV
Ada
Kungliga Operan 2023
Photo: Sören Vilks/Kungligs Operan

Anneli Jupiter as Ada Lovelace, Kristina Hansson Unander as Annabella Byron, Håkan Ekenäs as Lord Byron and The Royal Swedish Opera Chorus as the humanity of all time.

“It is a dream game-like fantasy that revolves around how Ada’s (Anneli Jupiter) creative impulses are torn between reason and emotion. They are represented by her parents, the poet Lord Byron (Håkan Ekenäs) and the mathematician Lady Byron (Kristina Hansson Unander) – here depicted as two ghostly bust figures in white marble. There are chromatic textures in the music that run like soft wave movements through the orchestra – first piano and strings with small splashes of woodwind, which then swells out a full orchestral storm that manages to both sound modern and capture a gothic atmosphere” Loretto Villalobos, SvD

“Musically the most intricate is Christofer Elgh’s Ada, here there is a chromatic line in Ada (Anneli Jupiter) that is skilfully varied in her fight against her father Lord Byron, while the voices are woven together without losing their identities” Claes Wahlin, Aftonbladet

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Music Christofer Elgh
Libretto Sigrid Herrault
Directed by  Ola Eliasson
Dramaturgy Katarina Aronsson

Erik Sandberg (French horn) and Mats Lindblad(Guitar) performs A Distant request at OpenDays Festival the 2nd of September at 20.00   For more information and tickets

IMPROFEST – an impish party

A celebration of the art of improvisation through music, poetry, voice, performance and dance. A group of seven artists meeting on stage, sharing moments and unfolding stories together.

Anton Kosiei – music – percussion/electronics
Christofer Elgh – music – guitar
Dominic Williams – poetry
Louise Halvardsson – poetry/performance
Netanel Seri – voice/performance
Viktoriia Khoroshylova – dance
Stina Nilsson – dance

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Anneli Jupiter as Ada Lovelace, Kristina Hansson Unander as Annabella Byron, Håkan Ekenäs as Lord Byron and The Royal Swedish Opera Chorus as the humanity of all time

Photo: Sören Vilks/Kungligs Operan

“It is a dream game-like fantasy that revolves around how Ada’s (Anneli Jupiter) creative impulses are torn between reason and emotion. They are represented by her parents, the poet Lord Byron (Håkan Ekenäs) and the mathematician Lady Byron (Kristina Hansson Unander) – here depicted as two ghostly bust figures in white marble. There are chromatic textures in the music that run like soft wave movements through the orchestra – first piano and strings with small splashes of woodwind, which then swells out a full orchestral storm that manages to both sound modern and capture a gothic atmosphere” Loretto Villalobos, SvD

“Musically the most intricate is Christofer Elgh’s Ada, here there is a chromatic line in Ada (Anneli Jupiter) that is skilfully varied in her fight against her father Lord Byron, while the voices are woven together without losing their identities” Claes Wahlin, Aftonbladet

Music Christofer Elgh
Libretto Sigrid Herrault
Directed by  Ola Eliasson
Dramaturgy Katarina Aronsson