Blóðhófnir er kammerópera eftir Kristínu Þóru Haraldsdóttur með myndverki Tinnu Kristjánsdóttur, skapað við verðlaunaljóðverk Gerðar Kristnýjar, í flutningi Umbru ásamt gestaleikurum. Hér er forn saga Skírnismála sögð í nútíma söguljóði, sem varpar ljósi á ofbeldi og valdbeitingu jötunmeyjarinnar Gerðar Gymisdóttur, flutt af kvenröddum, strengjahljóðfærum og myndum í verki, sem ber með sér frumkraft og jarðneskju.
Blóðhófnir verður gefin út snemma árs 2020 hjá Innova Recordings í flutningi Umbru. Verkið var flutt á MATA Festival og PEN World Voices Festival, NY á síðasta ári og hlaut afar lofsverða dóma.
Máni stjakaði
flekum
yfir myrkurhvolf
Ég lét fallast
í grasið
grófst í mold
niður
Niður
fyllti hlustir
Lilja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir: Söngur, sóló
Ingibjörg Fríða Helgadóttir: Söngur
Þórunn Vala Valdimarsdóttir: Söngur
Alexandra Kjeld: Kontrabassi og söngur
Arngerður Árnadóttir: Keltnesk harpa, harmóníum og söngur
Guðbjörg Hlín Guðmundsdóttir: Barokk fiðla og söngur
Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir: Barokk víóla og söngur
Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir: Barokk selló og söngurT
Tinna Kristjánsdóttir: Myndverk
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Bloodhoof is a chamber opera by Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir with visuals by Tinna Kristjánsdóttir, created to the award winning poetic cycle of the same name by Icelandic poet Gerður Kristný, performed by Umbra ensemble and guest performers. This contemporary version of an Old Norse tale, Skírnismál, seen in the light of abduction and abuse of giantess Gerður Gymisdóttir, is here told by an ensemble of female voices, strings and visuals in a work of elemental earthiness.
Bloodhoof will be released in early 2020 on Innova Recordings with Umbra ensemble. The work was performed at MATA Festival and PEN World Voices Festival, NY last year to critical acclaim.
“Breezy muzak entwined with Baroque
intervallic leaps, unusual resolutions, and colored pitches that hearkened
troubadourial traditions and disjunct time.” -I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
The moon launched
its rafts
on the vault of darkness
I let myself fall
in a heap in the grass
burrowed into the earth
descending
the descent roaring
in the portals of my ears
Performers:
Lilja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir: Lead vocals
Ingibjörg Fríða Helgadóttir: Backing vocals
Þórunn Vala Valdimarsdóttir: Backing vocals
Alexandra Kjeld: Double bass and vocals
Arngerður Árnadóttir: Celtic harp, harmonium and vocals
Guðbjörg Hlín Guðmundsdóttir: Baroque violin and vocals
Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir: Baroque viola and vocals
Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir: Baroque cello and vocals
Tinna Kristjánsdóttir: Visuals