Chamber Opera: 2 x Ned Rorem

• Performers: Students from the master's and bachelor's programs for opera: Cornelia Granquist. Linnéa Hesselstrand, Stella Hatzidaki, Marika Larsson, Gabriel Olsson, Arvid Emilsson, Keiti Strömqvist, Elzbieta Pikon, Julia Mattei
• Directing guidance: Annica Lindqvist
• Pianist: Maria Ingemarsson Berg

Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters is based on a text by American author and cultural figure Gertrude Stein, in which repetition, rhythm and shifting identities take centre stage. Instead of a traditional plot, the audience is invited into a soundscape where language becomes music and meaning is constantly shifting. Rorem's lyrical tone highlights Stein's linguistic playfulness and creates an intimate and humorous work about time, communication and how we perceive the world.

Fables is an opera where animals embody human characteristics and dilemmas. Here we encounter birds, insects and other animals whose actions reflect questions of power, vanity, wisdom and responsibility. Each fable is given its own musical colour in Rorem's opera, where humour and reflection are balanced with subtle irony. 

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