© Image courtesy of Det Norske Teatret
© Image courtesy of Det Norske Teatret
Vestfold, Norway
| Svein Tindberg | Narrator / Gesualdo |
| Marte Blom Onshuus Sommerfeldt | The Bride |
| Ebba Rydh | Guest singer |
| Christopher Dylan Herbert | New York Polyphony |
| Craig Phillips | New York Polyphony |
| Geoffrey Silver | New York Polyphony |
| Geoffrey Williams | New York Polyphony |
“Myten om Gesualdo slik den blir tolket i Terje Tveit’s tekst og regi, er det ingen tvil om at den griper. Fortellingen gir på denne måten bilder til et eldgammelt tema om skyld og soning. Skyldens pris er at de kunstneriske kilder tørker ut, samtidig som nådens mulighet antydes. Og få kan formidle en slik tematikk på en så aktuell og troverdig måte som nettopp skuespilleren Svein Tindberg. [...] Anbefales til alle som ønsker en sterk opplevelse.”
Don Carlo Gesualdo (1566 – 1613), Prince of Venosa and Count of Conzas, was one of the most fascinating composers of his time. Gesualdo's music was radical and still sounds intense and almost hauntingly beautiful.
His life was tragic, dramatic and marked by the murders he committed of his much older and adulterous wife and her lover. The murders, which took place over 400 years ago, are described in detail in witness statements and tell of a particularly cruel vindictiveness. Gesualdo was part of the nobility and therefore had immunity and eventually suffered greatly from depression after he remarried.
Borre Kirke
