TechnOpera will be performed at Notes on Navigation.
Cornelia Karlsson is a Swedish composer, based in Copenhagen. Cornelia is working with many different aspects of music and has in the last couple of years focused on performative aspects, dramatic works, diversity and personal narratives with the ambition to find new ways of expression. Snæfríður Björnsdóttir developed a passion for music at an early age and began playing the violin when she was 3 years old. Her interest for classical music and opera made her sort singing and exploring her voice at the age of 19. After finishing her bachelor’s degree in music in Iceland, she moved to Copenhagen to further develop her voice. She started studying at the Danish Royal Academy of Music and recently finished her master’s degree in classical singing for of Eva Hess-Thaysen. Furthermore, she has worked with a diverse group of coaches such as Berit Johansen Tange, Christian Sereno as well as Ulrich Stærk. Her style of music is diverse and raging from classic arias, heartfelt Icelandic leads as well as more upbeat modern music from Leonard Bernstein, as well as working closely with contemporary composers.
TechnOpera
TechnOpera is a five part, interactive and audiovisual experience. We meet a young girl as she experience that her body and life are treated differently from her brothers. With the help of Hailey Noecker's poems, we get to see her from girl to women progress through oversexualizing herself, desexualizing herself, and finally being betrayed by her partner, even though she has given up everything to be with him. She deals with her grief and anger by planning her revenge. The opera wants to explore the Freudian-complex and its contradiction when both the whore and the madonna are always punished, no matter how they try to adapt to the game plan.