ICELAND (Emmett Tinley) New York 2023 Ariel Andrew, Marieke de Koker, Oliver Demers

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: ICELAND, a re-Creation Myth  
• Composer: Tinley Emmett   
• Libretto: O-Lan Jones    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Ellen Stewart Theatre at La Mama, New York City  
• Recorded: March 25, 2023
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Ariel Andrew, Marieke de Koker, Oliver Demers, Perri di Christina, Clayton Matthews, Nancy McArthur, Matthew Moron, Matt Mueller, Isabel Springer, Andrew Wannigman, Angela Yam, Daiyao Zhong
• Conductor: Robert Kahn  
• Orchestra: Chamber orchestra  
• Stage Director:   
• Stage Designer: Matthew Imhoff  
• Costume Designer: Matsy Stinson  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: LA MAMA  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: La Mama     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

ICELAND is a contemporary love story enmeshed in the mythic world of Iceland.

Vala falls off the map of the known world into the Dark Night of the Soul. Mundi, who has just met her at the airport, but feels an intense connection, goes to find her in the wilderness. They are helped by the Hiddenfolk, supernatural beings in a parallel world, who wish ardently for humans to find love because when people are in love they remember there is a Hidden World and connection between the two worlds opens. The Hiddenfolk evoke the Bird, The Bull, The Giant and The Dragon as needed to help the lovers in their quest.