Production: Cast: This 12 months\u2019s Christmas musical on the Gothenburg Opera is an adaptation of Charles Dickens\u2019s A Christmas Carol<\/em>, sung in Swedish and set to a large however considerate number of music \u2013 from Allegri to Stevie Wonder. A trio of musical artists have tailored Dickens\u2019s story and achieve telling it in a manner which is by turns humorous and deeply transferring. Their Scrooge is a lady, however the setting continues to be visually Victorian, filling the stage with attractive interval costumes and an enormous Christmas tree. The set was easy however skilfully used video to make easy scene modifications. This and the versatile lighting introduced the viewers into the story, particularly within the scenes with the ghosts.<\/p>\n Tobias Ahlsell, David Lundqvist and Anders W\u00e4ngdahl created an amazing reference to the viewers once they launched the present as narrators and confirmed off their shut concord in a gap quantity set to the music of \u2018God rest ye merry, gentlemen\u2019. They had been lively on stage for many of the present, each as a trio and as particular person characters. Anders W\u00e4ngdahl and Tobias Ahlsell made splendidly comedian Bob and Mrs Cratchit, although Mr W\u00e4ngdahl\u2019s Bob Cratchit additionally confirmed nice generosity of spirit regardless of the appalling manner Scrooge handled him. David Lundqvist was affecting as Scrooge\u2019s nephew Fred, being the one mourner at Scrooge\u2019s funeral as proven within the imaginative and prescient of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.<\/p>\n Operatic bass Mats Almgren made an amazing impression, first because the fairly scary ghost of Jacob Marley bursting out of Scrooge\u2019s fire encumbered with chains and moneyboxes, warning Scrooge that she has just one likelihood to keep away from his destiny in \u2018Var g\u00e5ng som klockan sl\u00e5r\u2019 (to the music of Stevie Wonder\u2019s \u2018Pastime paradise\u2019). Then he returned as a flamboyant Ghost of Christmas Present who seemed like he had stepped out of Aladdin<\/em>, who then confirmed Scrooge his imaginative and prescient to the tune of Rocco\u2019s aria from Beethoven\u2019s Fidelio<\/em>. This was in all probability the perfect costume within the present, although with sturdy competitors.<\/p>\n Julia Carlstr\u00f6m was a glowing Ghost of Christmas Past, singing an upbeat authentic track by Mats Sk\u00f6ldberg and Micaela Sj\u00f6stedt. The two scenes she confirmed of Scrooge\u2019s formative years had been very transferring, partly because of the wordless however efficient performing of Ingrid Bosaeus and Alexander Friberg and Tiina Markkanen and Christopher Napier.<\/p>\n Carina S\u00f6derman brilliantly captured Scrooge\u2019s dour and greedy character, with a gap quantity to music by Danny Elfman from The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em>. She additionally had nice comedian interactions with the three narrators. S\u00f6derman developed Scrooge\u2019s character and opened up emotionally and vocally when Scrooge repented in \u2018\u00c4r det f\u00f6rsent f\u00f6r mig?\u2019, to the music of \u2018What kind of fool am I?\u2019 by Leslie Bricusse. Her joyful ensemble with the Narrators in \u2018Vi firar jul\u2019 (to the tune of \u2018It\u2019s raining males\u2019!) was infectiously energetic.<\/p>\n Conductor Josef Rhedin and the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra performed with an infectious enthusiasm and gave a wealthy orchestral sound to the preparations they performed. The Gothenburg Opera Chorus and particularly the Children\u2019s Chorus had necessary roles within the present, with the youngsters particularly sensible because the improbably massive household of Bob and Mrs Cratchit. The last scene was a powerful rendition of \u2018O holy night\u2019, began as a solo by Tiny Tim (Allan Olsson) and increasing right into a refrain and ensemble of the entire forged. It was a transferring finale to this sensible adaptation of Charles Dickens\u2019s basic story.<\/p>\n Niklas Smith<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] Sweden En julsaga (A Christmas Carol): Soloists, Children\u2019s Chorus and Gothenburg Chorus and Orchestra \/ Josef Rhedin (conductor). Gothenburg Opera foremost stage, 15.12.2023. (NS) The three narrators: (l-r) Anders W\u00e4ngdahl, Tobias Ahlsell and David Lundqvist \u00a9 Tilo Stengel Production:Idea, lyrics and e book by Tobias Ahlsell, David Lundqvist and Anders W\u00e4ngdahl.Composition and Musical association […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-117279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-theatre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sweden\"](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/world-flags\/images\/flags\/24\/se.png\" "\\"Sweden\\"\/")
Sweden<\/span><\/span><\/span> En julsaga<\/em><\/span><\/strong> (A Christmas Carol<\/em>):<\/span><\/strong> Soloists, Children\u2019s Chorus and Gothenburg Chorus and Orchestra \/ Josef Rhedin (conductor). Gothenburg Opera foremost stage, 15.12.2023. (NS)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Christmas-Carol1-500x333.jpeg\")
<\/strong>Idea, lyrics and e book by Tobias Ahlsell, David Lundqvist and Anders W\u00e4ngdahl.
Composition and Musical association \u2013 Mats Sk\u00f6ldberg
Original path \u2013 Erik St\u00e5hlberg
Revival director \u2013 Mia Nerenius
Set design \u2013 Katrin Pettersson
Costume design \u2013 Anna Carlberg, Therese Schimmelsohn
Video design \u2013 Katrin Pettersson, Niklas Elfvengren, Ludde Falk
Lighting design \u2013 Niklas Elfvengren
Sound design \u2013 Jonathan Assarsson
Choreography \u2013 Cynthia Kai<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Scrooge \u2013 Carina S\u00f6derman
Ghosts \u2013 Mats Almgren, Julia Carlstr\u00f6m
Narrator \/ Mrs Cratchit \u2013 Tobias Ahlsell
Narrator \/ Fred \u2013 David Lundqvist
Narrator \/ Bob Cratchit \u2013 Anders W\u00e4ngdahl
Tiny Tim \u2013 Allan Olsson
Child Scrooge \u2013 Ingrid Bosaeus
Child Simon \u2013 Alexander Friberg
Young Scrooge \u2013 Tiina Markkanen
Young Simon \u2013 Christopher Napier<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Christmas-Carol2-380x225.jpeg\")