Amor´s Ease is set in the Baroque period: two characters play music and dance. One stumbles, trips, falls and experiences an overwhelming pain! Her companion tries to comfort her, but what helps the most is a song. Suddenly the other character stumbles and falls. And luckily their first urge to relieve the pain this time, is to sing a beautiful song.
The music is composed by Eivind Buene, including fragments from the opera King Arthur by Henry Purcell. The main idea behind this comical opera, is how caring for someone can make a significant difference, and how music and song can comfort.
Amor`s Ease, opera for babies is a co-production between Babyopera and the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet.
credits
idea, concept and scenario (libretto) Christina Lindgren
usic and text Eivind Buene after an aria from King Arthur by Henry Purcell and John Dryden
direction Christina Lindgren
choreography Elizabeth Svarstad
set design Tormod Lindgren
costume design Christina Lindgren
dramaturgy Svante Aulis Löwenborg
performers Elisabeth Holmertz, Silje Aker Johnsen
costume and scenography made by the creaftsmen and – women at the workshops of The Norwegian Opera & Ballet
production Babyopera Camilla Svingen / Syv Mil
production The Norwegian Opera & Ballet Henrik Celius
consultant Karstein Solli
Supported by Arts Council Norway