Systrarna: Suor Angelica & På andra sidan havet (Backman) Malmö 2022 Rombo Jansson Larsson
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Systrarna: Suor Angelica & På andra sidan havet
- Composer: Puccini Giacomo, Catharina Backman
- Libretto: Giovacchino Forzano, Maria Sundqvist (based on a story by Birgitta Trotzig) Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Malmö Opera, Sweden
- Recorded: April 24, 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Elin Rombo, Elisabeth Jansson, Anna Larsson, Mathilda Bryngelsson, Anton Ljungqvist, Katarina Lundborg
- Conductor: Patrik Ringborg
- Orchestra: Malmö Operaorkester
- Chorus: Malmö Operakör, Malmö Operas barnkör
- Chorus Master: Elena Mitrevska, Elinor Fryklund
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Malmö Opera
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
SUOR ANGELICA
MUSIK Giacomo Puccini
LIBRETTO Giovacchino Forzano
PÅ ANDRA SIDAN HAVET
MUSIK Catharina Backman
LIBRETTO Maria Sundqvist
(efter en berättelse av Birgitta Trotzig)
KREATIVT TEAM
DIRIGENT Patrik Ringborg
REGI Staffan Valdemar Holm
SCENOGRAFI & KOSTYM Bente Lykke Møller
LJUS Torben Lendorph
SUOR ANGELICA
SYSTER ANGELICA Elin Rombo
ABBEDISSAN Elisabeth Jansson
FURSTINNAN Anna Larsson
SYSTER ZELATRICE ivrerskan Mathilda Bryngelsson
NOVISMÄSTARINNAN Emma Lyrén Fernandez
SYSTER GENOVIEFFA Kine Sandtrø*
SYSTER OSMINA Malin Liljefors Parkler
SYSTER DOLCINA Sara Swietlicki
SJUKSYSTERN Danka Milacic
TIGGARSYSTRARNA Anna-Kajsa Holmberg och Ella Morin
NOVISEN Elisabeth Freiding
LEKMANNASYSTRARNA Laine Quist och Marie Degener Troelsen
Malmö Operakör
Malmö Operaorkester
Malmö Operas barnkör
KORMÄSTARE Elena Mitrevska och Elinor Fryklund
PÅ ANDRA SIDAN HAVET
IRIS Elin Rombo
SIRI Elisabeth Jansson
MODERN Anna Larsson
FADERN Anton Ljungqvist
EN JORDEGUMMA Katarina Lundborg
EN SOLDAT Magnus Schou Vassbotn/Staffan Lindberg (6/5, 8/5)
EN ARMÉKOMMISARIE Ola Heinpalu
ARMÉKOMMISARIENS FRU Ella Morin
PÅKLÄDAREN Sara Swietlicki
EN REVOLUTIONÄR Naja Monrad Hansen
UNGA IRIS Klara Wemnér/Selma Olsson
UNGA SIRI Kerstin Karlsson/Hedvig Berne
Malmö Operakör
Malmö Operaorkester
KORMÄSTARE Elena Mitrevska och Elinor Fryklund
Systrarna is an evening with two one-act operas. Two poetic and gripping stories about people who’ve been hit hard by life’s circumstances: Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Catharina Backman’s new opera On the Other Side of the Sea.
In the first opera, we meet Sister Angelica – the nun who was forced into a convent because she gave birth to an illegitimate child. In the second, the foster sisters Siri and Iris, who are separated due to poverty and hunger and never stop longing and looking for each other.
Both operas are performed by the same ensemble, with soloists and a female choir.
DITRECTION, STAGE DESIGN & LIGHTING
Direction and stage design by Staffan Valdemar Holm and Bente Lykke Møller. Known for their sparse and sincere style, they have staged a number of acclaimed and much-admired productions, including at The Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten) and the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, and at Malmö Opera most recently Aida and La Gioconda. In this production they have worked with their long-time collaborator, the prominent lighting designer Torben Lendorph.
SUOR ANGELICA
Giacomo Puccini’s Suor Angelica is a touching, beautiful opera that deals with loss, guilt and forgiveness. It is one of very few operas with only female roles. The opera takes place in a monastery in Siena in the 17th century, where the noble Angelica has been imprisoned after giving birth to an illegitimate child.
The work was composed in 1917 and when it was finished, Puccini had it staged in a convent where his sister Iginia was a nun. Both the music and the plot made a deep impression on the nuns, which Puccini saw as a confirmation that he had succeeded in creating the right monastic atmosphere. The opera received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1918.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA
On the Other Side of the Sea is a completely new opera with music by Catharina Backman and libretto by Maria Sundqvist. The plot is based on a short story by Birgitta Trotzig and it is the first time ever that Trotzig’s work is dramatized. It is also the first time an opera by a female composer is performed on our main stage.
The Scanian author Birgitta Trotzig, who was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1993 until her death in 2011, wrote in a poetic and intense style. Her prose recalls genres such as folk tales, biblical legends and hymns. On the Other Side of the Sea is a cruel fairy tale with elements of realism.
The opera is set in Russia at the end of the 19th century. A poor couple has their first child and at the same time take in a foundling. The two girls grow up as sisters and are inseparable. When the father is forced into war, the mother gives her own daughter up for adoption to a wealthy family, in the hope that she will have a better life without poverty. The sisters are separated but never stop longing and looking for each other.
CAST & CREATIVE
CREATIVE
SUOR ANGELICA
MUSIC Giacomo Puccini
LIBRETTO Giovacchino Forzano
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA
MUSIC Catharina Backman
LIBRETTO Maria Sundqvist
(after a story by Birgitta Trotzig)
DIRECTOR Staffan Valdemar Holm
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN Bente Lykke Møller
LIGHTING DESIGN Torben Lendorph