When MusikTeaterVerket prepares a new opera we always try to find a specific place to perform it. Sometimes it has been Black Box Theatres but also in Art Museums, churches and an old sawmill.
For Salvatore Sciarrino´s fantastic ”Le voce sottovetro” and ”Infinito nero” we really wanted to find the right place to get the spirit of desolateness and darkness and we found it in the wonderful building ”Röda Sten”.
We where also lucky enough to have the lovely actor Kent Andersson in the performance reading the letters of Tasso in a brilliant way!
One little detail that we had not thought about was that the cathedral in Röda Sten has no heating system and November 2004 was one of the coldest November months ever.
I spent the first 10 minutes of the opera laying on the stone floor – after that there was no problems with giving the impression of a desperate woman!
In 2005 I gave the performance in a nice, warm church in Bodö, Norway and in the autumn of 2010 I will sing ”Infinito Nero” with Petter Sundkvist and Norrbotten NEO.
| Composer | Salvatore Sciarrino | |
| Conductor | Jerker Johansson / Jonathan Stockhammer | |
| Director | Ola Beskow |
”Endlessly dark and beautiful” GT
”A small sensation and very admirable!” Svd
”It is very beautiful and the best production by MusikTeaterVerket
I’ve seen so far.” DN
”Monica Danielson has a fantastic stage presence in a beautiful stage picture” GP