This is what Lena Hellstr\u00f6m-F\u00e4rnl\u00f6f<\/a>, professor, voice teacher, excellent teacher and Artistic Director at MOMDU, says in the introduction to the program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Two operas that both take place in a monastery environment turn into a story about vulnerable and threatened women. Sister Angelica has been imprisoned in the convent after giving birth to an illegitimate child. She takes her own life in despair after learning that the child has died. In The Carmelite Sisters, the threat comes from outside when the mob during the French Revolution attacks the convent and puts the sisters before the gallows. We carry on history and tradition through our opera art, where we are also at the forefront of interpretation and are present in the present. Art is unbeatable through the conveyance of emotions where time and space are now, not future and not past. Just like in the English word present (gift in Swedish), it is a gift to be present in this very second.\u201d<\/em>All the soloists from the Chamber Opera Training at MOMDU with the reinforcement of the alumna opera singer Rebecca Hellbom did brilliant performances: C\u00e9line Dewr\u00e9e<\/a>, Emma \u00d6sterberg<\/a>, Marta Cecilia Sael\u00f6en<\/a> and Minna T\u00e4gil<\/a>! Also the choir, which consisted of the singing students from the Bachelor’s program at MOMDU, distinguished itself with a wonderful sound. Instead of an orchestra, which cannot be accommodated on the smaller stage at V\u00e4stmanlands Teater, our eminent pianist Bengt-\u00c5ke Lundin<\/a> almost magically transformed the orchestral movement through the grand piano. MOMDU lecturer Patrik S\u00f6rling<\/a> had created for the very successful and well-thought-out direction, and Anders Lundkvist from V\u00e4stmanlands Theater was responsible for the lighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was happy to see many colleagues from our university in the audience: we were honored by the presence of Vice-Chancellor Martin Hellstr\u00f6m<\/a>, Director of Communications Sara Arvidsson<\/a>, Director of Planning and Finance Anna Wennergrund<\/a>, acting Head of Academy UKK Therese W\u00e9len<\/a>, Director of Education Anna-Karin Fornberg<\/a> and many others, many thanks that you took of your time to attend! Also other colleagues from the music world were there, such as Maria Dalayman<\/a>, CEO of the agency Good Company, <\/a>and pianist Mattias B\u00f6hm<\/a> from the Royal Opera House<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Really the warmest thanks to all the participants for such a professional but also very moving performance. When we talked after the performance and some of you students sounded a little disappointed that there wasn’t a bigger round of applause, I promise and swear it was because we in the audience were so taken by the power and seriousness of the performance (for the uninitiated, Poulenc’s opera ends with a horrific mass execution)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last but certainly not the least Thank You goes to my best and dearest colleague and partner-in-crime Lena Hellstr\u00f6m-F\u00e4rnl\u00f6f who not only shapes all these fantastic voices but also successfully has produced so many opera projects over the years of which Systrar will always remain with us as something very special!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bravissimi tutti!<\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u00f6ndag 4 juli<\/strong> 2023<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Premi\u00e4r Kammaropera Systrar p\u00e5 V\u00e4stmanlands Teater<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I torsdags var det en stor dag f\u00f6r Musik- och operah\u00f6gskolan, M\u00e4lardalens Universitet<\/a> (MOMDU) detta tack vare premi\u00e4ren av \u00e5rets kammaroperaupps\u00e4ttning Systrar p\u00e5 V\u00e4stmanlands Teater<\/a>! Tv\u00e5 operor, Suor Angelica av G. Puccini och Dialogues des Carm\u00e9lites av F. Poulenc som s\u00f6ml\u00f6st gick samman i en stark och unik f\u00f6rest\u00e4llning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u00e5 h\u00e4r s\u00e4ger Lena Hellstr\u00f6m-F\u00e4rnl\u00f6f<\/a>, professor, s\u00e5ngpedagog, excellent l\u00e4rare och konstn\u00e4rlig chef vid MOMDU i inledningen till programmet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201dTv\u00e5 operor som b\u00e4gge utspelar sig i klostermilj\u00f6 blir till en ber\u00e4ttelse om utsatta och hotade kvinnor. Syster Angelica har blivit insp\u00e4rrad i klostret efter att ha f\u00f6tt ett o\u00e4kta barn. Hon tar i f\u00f6rtvivlan sitt liv efter att ha f\u00e5tt veta att barnet d\u00f6tt. I Karmelitsystrarna kommer hotet utifr\u00e5n n\u00e4r p\u00f6beln under franska revolutionen anfaller klostret och st\u00e4ller systrarna inf\u00f6r schavotten.<\/em> <\/em>Vi f\u00f6r historien <\/em>och traditionen <\/em>vidare genom v\u00e5r operakonst <\/em>d\u00e4r vi ocks\u00e5 ligger <\/em>i framkant <\/em>med tolkningen <\/em>och <\/em>\u00e4r n\u00e4rvarande <\/em>i nuet. Konst<\/em>en<\/em> \u00e4r oslagbar genom f\u00f6rmedlingen av k\u00e4nslor d\u00e4r tid och rum \u00e4r nu, inte framtid och inte d\u00e5tid. Precis som i det engelska ordet present \u00e4r det en present att f\u00e5 vara n\u00e4rvarande i just denna sekund.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Samtliga solister fr\u00e5n Kammaroperautbildningen vid MOMDU med f\u00f6rst\u00e4rkning av alumnen och operas\u00e5ngerskan Rebecca Hellbom gjorde verkligen str\u00e5lande insatser: C\u00e9line Dewr\u00e9e<\/a>, Emma \u00d6sterberg<\/a>, Marta Cecilia Sael\u00f6en<\/a> och Minna T\u00e4gil<\/a>! \u00c4ven k\u00f6ren, som bestod av s\u00e5ngstudenterna fr\u00e5n Kandidatprogrammet vid MOMDU, utm\u00e4rkte sig med underbar klang. Ist\u00e4llet f\u00f6r orkester, som inte ryms p\u00e5 den mindre scenen p\u00e5 V\u00e4stmanlands Teater, omvandlade v\u00e5r eminente pianist Bengt-\u00c5ke Lundin<\/a> p\u00e5 ett n\u00e4stan magiskt s\u00e4tt orkestersatsen genom flygeln! F\u00f6r den mycket lyckade och genomt\u00e4nkta regin stog MOMDUs lektorPatrik S\u00f6rling<\/a> och f\u00f6r ljuset ansvarade Anders Lundkvist fr\u00e5n V\u00e4stmanlands Teater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n V\u00e4ldigt roligt ocks\u00e5 att i publiken satt m\u00e5nga kollegor fr\u00e5n universitetet: vi hedrades av n\u00e4rvaron av rektor Martin Hellstr\u00f6m<\/a>, kommunikationschef Sara Arvidsson<\/a>, planerings- och ekonomichef Anna Wennergrund<\/a>, tf akademichef UKK Therese W\u00e9len<\/a>, utbildningsledare Anna-Karin Fornberg<\/a> med m\u00e5nga flera, stort tack f\u00f6r att ni tog er tid att komma! V\u00e4ldigt roligt ocks\u00e5 med andra kollegor fr\u00e5n branschen i salongen som exempelvis Maria Dalayman<\/a>, vd f\u00f6r agenturen Good Company<\/a>, och pianisten Mattias B\u00f6hm<\/a> fr\u00e5n Kungliga Operan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verkligen det varmaste tack till alla medverkande f\u00f6r ett s\u00e5 proffsigt men ocks\u00e5 mycket gripande framtr\u00e4dande, vi pratades vid efter f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningen och n\u00e5gra studenter l\u00e4t lite besvikna att det inte blev st\u00f6rre appl\u00e5d\u00e5skor, men jag lovar och sv\u00e4r p\u00e5 att det var f\u00f6r att vi i publiken var s\u00e5 tagna av kraften och allvaret i f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningen (f\u00f6r den oinvigde s\u00e5 slutar Poulencs opera med en fruktansv\u00e4rd massavr\u00e4ttning)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Det sista men absolut inte minsta tacket g\u00e5r till b\u00e4sta och k\u00e4raste kollegan och partner-in-crime Lena Hellstr\u00f6m-F\u00e4rnl\u00f6f som inte bara skolat alla dessa fantastiska r\u00f6ster genom \u00e5ren utan ocks\u00e5 drivit s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga operaprojekt i land varav Systrar alltid kommer att finnas kvar hos oss som n\u00e5got alldeles extra!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bravissimi tutti!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stort tack till fotograf Jonas Bilberg f\u00f6r fantastiska bilder!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n About Staffan Sandstr\u00f6m<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n About<\/a> University of Music and Opera, M\u00e4lardalen University<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Om Staffan Sandstr\u00f6m<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staffansandstrom.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230605_080359_509-1200x900.jpg\")
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