Brothers - The Opera
The Icelandic Opera will be performing the opera Brothers by the Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason based on Susanne Bier’s film Brothers at the Reykjavík's Arts Festival in June 2018. The opera was world-premiered in the Concert Hall Aarhus in August 2017 – in connection with European Capital of Culture Aarhus 2017 and the production in Iceland will be the same as in Aarhus. Brothers will be directed by Kasper Holten, and Steffen Aarfing is the stage designer. The libretto is written by Kerstin Perski.
The film Brothers is a story of two brothers and a love triangle. Michael has a successful career in the army, a beautiful wife and two daughters. His younger brother Jannik is a drifter living on the edge of the law. When Michael is sent on a UN mission to Afghanistan and returns after a traumatic imprisonment, the balance between the two brothers is changed forever.
The opera is performed in English.
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Singers
Oddur Arnþór Jónsson
Marie Arnet
Selma Buch Ørum Villumsen
Elmar Gilbertsson
Þóra Einarsdóttir
James Laing
Jakob Zethner
Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir
Paul Carey Jones
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Composer and conductor
Daníel Bjarnason
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Libretto
Kerstin Perski
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Director
Kasper Holten