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And Then There Were None - The Opera (trailer)
A dark comedic opera thriller in three acts Music by Mathias Halvorsen / Libretto by Agatha Christie and Mathias Halvorsen Based on the original play by Agatha Christie And The There Were None is the first ever opera written on a text by Agatha Christie. The opera is licensed by Agatha Christie Limited. “The opera format intensifies the poignant atmosphere, but also amplifies the humor in the piece… The ambitions are high, and the result is quite impressive.” — NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) Ten strangers are invited to a remote island. A storm hits. One by one, they begin to die. Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery is reimagined as a tightly paced opera — suspenseful, darkly funny, and musically adventurous. The libretto stays close to Christie’s 1939 stage play, with its crisp, ironic dialogue and slow-turning screw of tension. The music follows suit: it begins in high spirits, full of sly nods and sharp contrasts, before tightening into something leaner, starker, and more horrifyingly driven. The premier production was directed by Morten Joachim Henriksen, with scenography was by Gjermund Andresen. Staged and commissioned by Opera Rogaland, Haugesund Kammeropera & Haugesund Teater, with permission from Agatha Christie Limited. Cast: Lene Rudbæk, Andre Søfteland, Kjell Magnus Sandve, Ane Skumsvoll, Mathilde Salmi Marjavara, Jørgen Backer, Janna Kari Kvinnesland, Nikolai Matthews. Filmed and edited by Motiejus Kurmis. All photo by Motiejus Kurmis.
A dark comedic opera thriller in three acts
Music by Mathias Halvorsen / Libretto by Agatha Christie and Mathias Halvorsen
Based on the original play by Agatha Christie
And The There Were None is the first ever opera written on a text by Agatha Christie. The opera is licensed by Agatha Christie Limited.
“The opera format intensifies the poignant atmosphere, but also amplifies the humor in the piece… The ambitions are high, and the result is quite impressive.”
— NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
Ten strangers are invited to a remote island. A storm hits. One by one, they begin to die.
Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery is reimagined as a tightly paced opera — suspenseful, darkly funny, and musically adventurous. The libretto stays close to Christie’s 1939 stage play, with its crisp, ironic dialogue and slow-turning screw of tension. The music follows suit: it begins in high spirits, full of sly nods and sharp contrasts, before tightening into something leaner, starker, and more horrifyingly driven.
The premier production was directed by Morten Joachim Henriksen, with scenography was by Gjermund Andresen.
Staged and commissioned by Opera Rogaland, Haugesund Kammeropera & Haugesund Teater, with permission from Agatha Christie Limited.
Cast: Lene Rudbæk, Andre Søfteland, Kjell Magnus Sandve, Ane Skumsvoll, Mathilde Salmi Marjavara, Jørgen Backer, Janna Kari Kvinnesland, Nikolai Matthews.
Filmed and edited by Motiejus Kurmis. All photo by Motiejus Kurmis.
