LEAR
Music for stage, Det Norske Teatret (2020)
Music for a rewritten version of Shakespeare´s King Lear. All music is composed for and developed in close collaboration with tuba player Heida Karine Jóhannesdóttir Mobeck and performed live on stage by her. In addition to this, some vocal arrangements were performed a cappella on stage by actor Judy Nyambura Karanja and eight extra performers.
Among several good parts, Håkon Ramstad delivers a beautiful interpretation of King Lear (...) One of his most important co-players is jazz tubaist Heiða Karine Jóhannesdóttir, who performs Ingvild Langgård´s compositions from the stage. The tones underlines an uncanniness in the sincerity, the absurdity of the tragedy even taking place.
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WRITTEN BY William Shakespeare
BUILT ON A TRANSLATION BY Edvard Hoem
REWRITTEN/DIRECTED BY Tatu Hämäläinen
SCENOGRAPHY / LIGHT DESIGN Chrisander Brun
COMSUME / MASK Tove Berglund
COMPOSER Ingvild Langgård
CHOREOGRAPHER Siri Jøntvedt
DRAMATURGY Elin Grinaker & Ingrid Weme Nilsen
ENSEMBLE Håkon Ramstad, Ane Dahl Torp, Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Morten Svartveit, Marianne Krogh, Bartek Kaminski, Judy Nyambura Karanja, Hilde Riise, Kaia Varjord, Elisabeth Sand
MUSICIAN Heida Karine Jóhannesdóttir Mobeck