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Yuri Umemoto’s anime opera with Oslo Sinfonietta, directed by Ivar Furre Aam

Saturday 12 September, at 19:00–20:00
150–250 kr

Showings

Saturday 12/09

19:00–20:00
Black Box teater
150–250 kr

Premiere of crypt_ at Münchener Biennale. Photo: Frol Podlesnyi

Premiere of crypt_ at Münchener Biennale. Photo: Frol Podlesnyi

Premiere of crypt_ at Münchener Biennale. Photo: Frol Podlesnyi

Premiere of crypt_ at Münchener Biennale. Photo: Frol Podlesnyi

Premiere of crypt_ at Münchener Biennale. Photo: Frol Podlesnyi

Yuri Umemoto. Photo: Sophia Hegewald

Yuri Umemoto. Photo: Sophia Hegewald

Composition, text

  • Yuri Umemoto

Libretto

  • Gareth Mattey

Musical Direction

  • Christian Eggen

Director

  • Ivar Furre Aam

Scenographic consulting, light design

  • Jakob Oredsson

Costume design

  • Ingrid Torvund

Anime design, director

  • Kanji Okai
  • Kei Ichikawa
  • Kota Oebisu
  • Akinari Kitayama

Technical realisation lead

  • Markus Tarasenko Fadum

Sound technician

  • Asle Karstad

Dramaturgy

  • Takuya Maehara

Soloists

  • Peyee Chen, soprano
  • Sean Bell, countertenor
  • Mathias Monrad Møller, tenor
  • Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Oslo Sinfonietta

  • Christian Eggen, conductor
  • Anne-Karine Hauge, flute
  • Rolf Borch, clarinet
  • Marie Tetzlaff, obo
  • Karin Hellqvist, violin
  • Emilie Lidsheim, violin
  • Bendik Bjørnstad Foss, viola
  • Ingvild Sandnes, cello
  • Sanae Yoshida, harpsichord
  • Kjell Tore Innervik, percussion

Produced by

  • Münchener Biennale
  • Ultima
  • Oslo Sinfonietta
  • Black Box teater

In collaboration with

  • Klang Festival Copenhagen Experimental Music

Supported by

  • München kommune
  • Arts Council Norway
  • Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation