| Title | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue of the projects of Passage Nord Project in the period 1986-1996 | 1996 | Download |
Arien Album
Arien Album (1994) by Passage Nord Project / Kjetil Skøien.
Information
(Objekt ID 33259)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | 1994 |
| Produced by | Passage Nord Project |
| Coproducers | Opera West, |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Opera, Musical theatre |
| Running period | 1994 — March 13, 1994 |
In Passage Nord's catalogue the following is written about Arien Album:
"Two women operasingers and one male pianist are the players in this concert performance which is a commissioned work form the Lillehammer Winter Olympic Games. The two singers presents a number of well-known opera arias and jazz songs which are tied together by text fragments from plays by Maurice Maeterlinck, given in dialogue. Both the song texts and the play texts are of dreams about men who do not exist, about places one longs to be. Throughout, the singers relate to objects in a performance language, movements are strictly choreographed. The theme is the dream and the love described by such different composers as Purcell and Schönberg. The mood is one of melancholy, of painful farewells, death, war and unrequited love. All in all, there are thirteen different composers represented in this "album". Remains from theatres and operas from bygone times lie strewen about the stage, mostly in white plaster and as a contrast, black cannon balls are rolled between the classical fragments. The singers participate in each other's solos with actions and objects."
Sources:
Buresund, Inger og Anne-Britt Gran (red.) (1996). Frie grupper og Black Box Teater. 1970-1995. Oslo: ad Notam Gyldendal
Catalogue, PASSAGE NORD 1986-1996. Kjetil Skøien, performance, installation. Donated by: Kjetil Skøien, May 2010. Translation: Ruth Waaler.
Kunst1, kunst1.no, 31.01.2013, http://www.kunst1.no/default.pl?showArticle=116&pageId=167
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Maurice Maeterlinck | – Text |
| Kjetil Skøien | – Concept/Idea |
| Kjetil Skøien | – Direction |
| George Gershwin | – Music |
| Margot Lenoir | – Music |
| Gian-Carlo Menotti | – Music |
| Francis Poulenc | – Music |
| Giacomo Puccini | – Music |
| Henry Purcell | – Music |
| Arnold Schönberg | – Music |
| Dmitrij Dmitrijevitsj Sjostakovitsj | – Music |
| Kurt Weill | – Music |
| Kjetil Skøien | – Stage design |
| Øystein Solvang | – Costume |
| Morten Stokkeland | – Light |
| Anne Lise Berntsen | – Performer |
| Siri Torjesen | – Performer |
| Helge Myhren | – Musician (Klaver) |
| March 13, 1994 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| March 12, 1994 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| March 11, 1994 – Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater | Show |
| 1994 | Worldwide premiere |
| 1994 – Lille Sal, Oslo Konserthus | Show |
| 1994 (Music Factory) | Show |
| Music Factory | 1994 |