Name: The Telephone - Opera for influencers
Start: 2023-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Norðurljós | Harpa

Organization

Admin

Reykjavík Opera days

Conductor

Steinar Logi Helgason

Singer

Soprano

Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir

Lucy England

Baritone

Áslákur Ingvarsson

Ben Upthegrove

Instrumentalist

Rannveig Marta Sarc

violinist

Hrönn Þráinsdóttir

Piano

Stage director

Pálína Jónsdóttir

Óperudagar Orchestra

Icelandic

The Telephone - Opera for influencers

Reykjavík

Iceland

Norðurljós | Harpa

The Telephone - Opera for influencers: The Telephone Menotti

Opera

The Telephone

Maria Cueto Crespo

Approved

The Telephone - opera for influencers by Gian Carlo Menotti will be performed at Reykjavík Opera Days Final Festival in a new translation by Bragi Valdimar Skúlason. The performance will take place in Norðurljós, Harpa, on the 29th of October at 15:15.

The cast are Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir soprano as Lucy and Áslákur Ingvarsson baritone as Ben, director is Pálína Jónsdóttir and conductor Steinar Logi Helgason will conduct the Óperudagar orchestra.

The opera The Telephone - or L´amour a trois was written in 1952 and tells of the trouble Ben gets in while trying to propose to his girlfriend Lucy, since she is completely occupied by her phone. This funny interaction is just as relevant, if not more in our current social media climate. Therefore the libretto has been translated and localized to the modern day, where Lucy is now an influencer. The performance takes around 25 minutes.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Instrumentation

Ensemble