Casting

• Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie
• Ariane Matiakh (Conductor)
• Ivo van Hove (Stage Direction)
• Susan Bullock (Soprano) : Helena Ekdahl
• Peter Tantsits (Tenor) : Oscar Ekdahl
• Sasha Cooke (Mezzo-soprano) : Emilie Ekdahl
• Sarah Dewez (Voice) : Fanny
• Lucie Penninck (Voice) : Fanny
• Jay Weiner (Voice) : Alexander
• Thomas Hampson (Baritone) : Bishop Edward Vergerus
• Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo-soprano) : Justina
• Loa Falkman (Baritone) : Isak Jacobi
• Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Countertenor) : Ismael
• Alexander Sprague (Tenor) : Aron
• Justin Hopkins (Baritone) : Carl Ekdahl
• Polly Leech (Mezzo-soprano) : Lydia
• Gavan Ring (Tenor) : Gustav Adolf Ekdahl
• Margaux De Valensart (Soprano) : Alma Ekdahl
• Marion Bauwens (Soprano) : Paulina
• Blandine Coulon (Mezzo-soprano) : Esmeralda

Program

Fanny and Alexander
‘A grand opera’ in two acts by Mikael Karlsson 1975 -
Libretto by Royce Vavrek after the film ‘Fanny och Alexander’ by Ingmar Bergman

Orchestration: Michael P. Atkinson, Mikael Karlsson
Created in consultation with Ingmar Bergman Jr. and Cinematograph AB
Commissioned by La Monnaie / De Munt
World Premiere

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Recording: December 13 2024 - La Monnaie / De Munt | Brussels
Director: Simon van Rompay
Duration: 03:15