{"id":20,"date":"2009-05-11T13:39:56","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T20:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigurdursaevarsson.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2011-02-24T06:14:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T13:14:18","slug":"hel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigurdursaevarsson.com\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Hel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hel
\n(2009) opera in two acts\u00a0(90 min.)<\/p>\n

Una: sopran, \u00c1lfur: baritone, Skuggi: bass and choir: S.A.T.B<\/p>\n

Scored for piano and chamber orchestra<\/p>\n

Based on the novel Hel by Sigur\u00f0ur Nordal (1886-1974)<\/p>\n

Premiered in 2009 at the Icelandic Opera<\/p>\n

\"Hel,<\/p>\n

The young man \u00c1lfur leaves his happy life with Una to fulfill his need for freedom. He travels from one place to another and lives fast. He drinks, gambles and chases women. With him travels his trusty manservant Skuggi. They meet one beautiful woman after another and \u00c1lfur always goes through the same stages from being incredibly smitten to being completely cold towards them and leaving them heartbroken. Skuggi tries to get \u00c1lfur to change his wicked ways but \u00c1lfur won\u2019t listen.
\nWhen Skuggi realizes he won\u2019t be able to help \u00c1lfur who is on a fast track to his doom, Skuggi has no choice but to leave him to go and live his own life. \u00c1lfur, left on his own, finally starts doubting his way of living. This doubt grows until \u00c1lfur understands that he has wasted his life. He is left with nothing. Nothing but a line of memories that in themselves mean nothing.
\n\u00c1lfur is tormented by his failure until he is granted aid from the goddess HEL in the form of loss of memory.<\/p>\n

\"Hel,<\/p>\n

Every note is born in the words. \u00a0The music is only a scenario for the words.<\/p>\n

Sigur\u00f0ur S\u00e6varsson on the music of Hel<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"kor-raggi\"<\/span><\/p>\n

\"smari-og-agust-raggi\"<\/span><\/p>\n

\"hulda-og-agust-raggi\"<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Hel,<\/span><\/p>\n


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Hel (2009) opera in two acts\u00a0(90 min.) Una: sopran, \u00c1lfur: baritone, Skuggi: bass and choir: S.A.T.B Scored for piano and chamber orchestra Based on the novel Hel by Sigur\u00f0ur Nordal (1886-1974) Premiered in 2009 at the Icelandic Opera The young man \u00c1lfur leaves his happy life with Una to fulfill his need for freedom. He … <\/p>\n

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