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FULL ANNE PEDERSDOTTER (Bræin) Oslo 1986 Oddbjorn Tennfjord, Vessa Hanssen, Anne Nyborg, Ranveig Eckhoff
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Anne Pedersdotter
- Composer: BræinEdvard Fliflet
- Libretto: Hans Kristiansen Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Den Norske Opera, Oslo, Norway
- Recorded: 1986
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Oddbjorn Tennfjord, Vessa Hanssen, Anne Nyborg, Ranveig Eckhoff, Kjersti Ekeberg, Kjell Magnus Sandve, Ingeborg Marie Brekke, Tor Gilje, Terje Stensvold, Stein Arild Thorsen, Caj Ehrstedt, Svein Carlsen
- Conductor: Peter Ernst Lassen
- Orchestra: Den norske operas Orkester
- Chorus: Den norske operas Kor
- Chorus Master: Jenö Hukvari
- Stage Director: Lars Runsten
- Stage Designer: Lars Runsten
- Costume Designer:
- Lighting Designer: Gunnar Ramsdal
Information about the Recording
- Published by: nrk
- Date Published: 1986
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Anne is married to the elderly priest Absalon. He has a son from a previous marriage, Martin, who is the same age as his new wife. When the two meet for the first time, sparks fly between them. But is it the work of Satan?
Anne was accused of having killed the bishop so that her own husband could get the job. She was later accused of killing six people – and a pear tree – by witchcraft.
Anne Pedersdotter takes us back to the brutal witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries. Around 50,000 people lost their lives during the witch trials in Europe in the period 1500–1750. Between 1578 and 1695, 310 people were executed as sorcerers in Norway. The Bergen woman Anne Pedersdotter (circa 1530–1590) was one of them. She was burned as a witch at Nordnes on 7 April 1590, and the incident is one of the best-documented witchcraft cases in Norway.