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Man Alive

Cast: 1 baritone, 1 contra-tenor, 1 soprano, 1 actor, 1 actress
flute, violin, cello & guitar
1999

This unique collaboration between playwright ÁRNI IBSEN (script), composer
KAROLINA EIRIKSDOTTIR (music) and artist/puppetteer MESSIANA TOMASDOTTIR (set, costumes, masks & puppets) may be defined as a total theatre work or opera-play in 'seven verses, a prologue and an epilogue' for contra-tenor, baritone, soprano and two actors. It is inspired by and conceived as a modern version of 'Everyman', the medieval morality play.

Death comes unanounced to claim Man Alive, who is busy enjoying this feast
called Life and by no means ready for his exit. He bargains with Death and
gains a brief time to find a travelling companion. To this end he confers in
vain with Fame, Friends, Family, Worldly Goods, his Shadow, Good Deeds and
finally Knowledge, by which time he has come to accept his fate.

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Premiere:
The String Theatre at The Reykjavik City Theatre, Reykjavík
, June 3, 1999.

Director: Auður Bjarnadóttir
Design: Messíana Tómasdóttir
Music: Karólína Eiríksdóttir
Lighting: Lárus Björnsson

John Speight, baritone, Sólrún Bragadóttir, soprano, Sverrir Guðjónsson, countertenor, Ásta Arnardóttir, actress, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, actor, Guðrún S. Birgisdóttir, flute, Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, violin, Einar Kristján Einarsson, guitar, Hrafnkell Orri Egilsson, cello, dir. Oliver Kentish