{"id":2682,"date":"2025-06-16T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newopera.se\/?page_id=2682"},"modified":"2025-06-16T18:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:08:16","slug":"familjenscen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newopera.se\/en\/familjenscen\/","title":{"rendered":"Familjen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2013   a new-opera about parenthood, children and, the life. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The family is recorded as a phonogram. Listen to the music and read the lyrics. h\u00e4r.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ensemblen\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Family, in swedish Familjen, is about adults, children, relationships, parenting, and much more\u00a0related to life – a collage of short stories that highlight both the bright and dark sides, with a high recognition factor. Niklas Ryd\u00e9n, who has written\u00a0the libretto and the music, wants with this opera to bring engagement and conversation around what it means to be a human being and to live in close family relationships.

The family is Niklas Ryd\u00e9n’s and NewOpera CO’s fifth opera. The libretto has evolved over two\u00a0years, where Niklas Ryd\u00e9n gathered stories from real life through meetings with different people. This has resulted in a collage of more than fifty short scenes from the life of the family.
In the final\u00a0work about half of these stories are presented in two acts. Each act is 1 hr 15 mins long. The swedish libretto is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Family is presented again at Atalante in the autumn 2017 with premiere October 26. It will be in a slightly revised version with some changes in the ensemble, new arrangements and some shortenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Family was first played in september at the venue Atalante in G\u00f6teborg and premiered the 9 september 2016. In november NewOpera CO guested aliasTeatern in Stockholm with The Family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some documents, all in swedish:<\/strong>
Libretto<\/a>, Synopsis<\/a>, Programblad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyssna p\u00e5 P1 Kultur om Familjen<\/a>       Swedish national radio P1
\nBritt Norbergs recension i alba.nu
\n<\/a>Recension DN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00e4s allt om hur Familjen skapades<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alla ber\u00e4ttelser som inte kom med<\/a>
\n\u00c4ldre text om hur Familjen kom till<\/a>, F\u00f6rsta skissen \u00f6ver inneh\u00e5llet<\/a>, Tematisk \u00f6versikt fr\u00e5n f\u00f6rarbetet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants:<\/strong>
\nNiklas Ryd\u00e9n,<\/strong> libretto and music
\nEva Ingemarsson,<\/strong> director
\nKim Johansson,<\/strong> projections, animations
\nEric Rusch,<\/strong> song
\nSofia My Fryklund,<\/strong> song, (not 2017)<\/em>
\nLisen Rylander L\u00f6ve,<\/strong> song, sax, bass clarinet
\nKarin Wiberg,<\/strong> song, violin
\nMagnus Boqvist,<\/strong> song, percussion, electric guitar, (not 2017)<\/em>
\nEmma Augustsson,<\/strong> song, violincello
\nSimon Halvarsson, marimba,<\/strong> (not 2016)<\/em>
\nNiklas Ryd\u00e9n,<\/strong> song, piano
\nViktor Wendin,<\/strong> light design
\nKarin Jatta,<\/strong> costume
\nP\u00e4r Bengtsson,<\/strong> sound, (not 2017)
\n<\/em>Emelie Fr\u00f6jdendahl,<\/strong> producer, (not 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Familjen was 2016 produced by possibilitas.se<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Familjen on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e4r \u00e4r links to film:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trailer                                                <\/em>
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