Nattfolket

Address

Kirsten Flagstads Plass 1,
0150 Oslo

Nattfolket

Description

A bird opera for the whole family! Nattfolket is a new children's opera for everyone aged 8 and over, in which echoes of The Magic Flute, Carmen, children's songs, pop and contemporary music meet in a fairytale universe. The mayor and the investors want to cut down the old oak forest to build holiday cabins. The young people Ciril and Noah take up the fight to save the forest - and everyone who lives there. The music is by Knut Vaage, the text by Bjørn Sortland and the direction by Erik Ulfsby. Two worlds - one threatened forest The village of Indre Kluredal is split in two: a community with a town hall and development plans - and an old oak forest where the Nattfolket live in a magical universe. The Nattfolket are bird-like, human-like beings. They love to sing and to mimic sounds. They are shy and hold on to the old ways. Few know that they exist. The battle for the voice When the forest owner and mayor Kjell wants to cut down the oak forest to make room for a cabin area and nature park, the entire livelihood of the Nattfolket is at stake. Their only opposing force is a witch who can take people's singing voices. And without a voice, life becomes both quiet and sad. Ciril and Noah decide to act. They set out to ask the queen herself in the capital for help. And she is more than willing - she wants to be a people's queen! It is about deforestation and the need to take care of nature - a highly topical theme - but also about something quite fundamental: What happens when we lose our voice? Together on a new opera Nattfolket is part of a three-way collaboration between Den Norske Opera & Ballett, Trondheim Symfoniorkester & Opera and Bergen Nasjonale Opera. The collaboration aims to create more, and more exciting, music drama. All the projects will be shown in Oslo, Trondheim and Bergen. Nattfolket is Bergen Nasjonale Opera's contribution to this project. Artistic team and performers Music Knut Vaage Libretto Bjørn Sortland Musical direction Ingar Bergby Director Erik Ulfsby Set design Vasylyna Kharchevka Costume design Ingrid Nylander Lighting design Torkel Skjærven Choreography Belinda Braza Performers Operakoret, Barnekoret and Operaorkestret Noah Maia Reppe Ciril Eldrid Gorset Kjell Håvard Stensvold Gunn, Cyrewen Siv Oda Hagerupsen Queen Bibbi Jeanette Ivi Karnezi Policewoman Marie-Elise Herredsvela/Olga Sliepnova Bodyguard Andreas Skei Guardsman Per Kristian Ruud-Enggrav