KRONA VASKERIET - SOAP OPERA IN A TIME OF CORONA
New work - various artists
Images: Jeanette Philipsen
SØHOLM OPERA FESTIVAL, DENMARK
Director / Writer / Designer: Natascha Metherell
Music Director: Ian Ryan
Lighting Designer: Erik Mølgaard
Cast: David Kempster: Mike Bracegirdle: Lise Christensen: Frederikke Kampmann: Teit Kanstrup: Anders Kampann
”In repurposing twenty-one arias and ensembles by twelve composers to tell the story of six locked-down residents and one washing-machine repairman, Metherell pulled off an extraordinary act of narrative complexity that appeared neither awkward nor unlikely. In fact, it all felt uncannily logical and dramatically clear, the result of insightful analyses of hidden meanings in arias and ensembles we think we know.”