A brand new and provocotive chamber-opera about a girl who refuses to work and a bored queen
When her chauffeur falls ill, the queen is forced to take a taxi. The taxi driver can't find her palace on the GPS and gets fired - but the queen still can't stop thinking about her. She wants to know why the general public is so depressing and if she can help. Maybe there is some treatment or possibly, surgery or even a challenge?
The opera Hundred Thousand is about the crumbs that fall from the tables of excess, fall to the floor and are soon vacuumed up.
The theater group Black Jacket staged and premiered the opera in collaboration with the National Theater. Black Jacket previously staged the opera KOK in Reykjavík City Theatre. KOK, written by the same authors, was awarded The Icelandic Music Awards as Music Event of the Year and received several nominations for Gríman, the Icelandic Theatre Awards.
Artistic Team
Composer
Þórunn Gréta Sigurðardóttir
Librettist
Kristín Eiríksdóttir
Director
Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir
Set & Costume Designer
Guðný Hrund
Sigurðardóttir
Performers
Grímur Helgason
clarinet
Katie Buckley
harp
Stage manager: Guðmundur Erlingsson
Make-up: Alda Úlfarsdóttir
Set design assistant: Sean Patrick O'Brien
Costume design assistant: Alexía Rós Gylfadóttir
Video: Hákon Pálsson
Stage handss: Sigurður Hólm Lárusson, Alexander John George Hatfield, Eglé Sipaviciute, Jasper Bock, Aida Gliaudelyte, Óskar Dagur Marteinsson, Siobhán Antoinette Henry
Special thanks:
Ragnheiður Maísól
Kolfinna Nikulásdóttir
Tinna Grétarsdóttir
Áki Ásgeirsson
Bæjarins beztu pylsur
MYNDIR FRÁ ÆFINGUM
From the media
A HUNDRED THOUSAND, AN OPERA IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY
Svartur jakki
BLACK JACKET is a cultural society formed around performances of new Icelandic music works and theatre projects.
Previous performances include the chamber opera KOK at the Reykjavík City Theatre which received several nominations for the Icelandic Theatre Awards and was awarded the Icelandic Music Awards as Event of the Year 2021.
CRESCENDO produces BLACK JACKET's projects.