The Migrant Bird

An opera for children/teenagers by Hilmar Þórðarson
Script, direction, set designs and costumes: Messíana Tómasdóttir

Farfuglinn is an exciting opera about death and grief, intended for older children and teenagers (aged 14 and upwards). It involves three singers and three instrumentalists of the first order.  The technical wizardry of electronic music also plays an important role.

Teenagers have a particularly difficult time sorting out their emotions when a relative or close friend dies. It is more difficult for them than for young children to turn to their parents with their grief, but they themselves do not yet posses an adult’s maturity to cope with such complex emotions.

This opera is written for three singers and three instrumentalists, and also uses electronic music. The aim of The Migrant Bird is to introduce the younger generation to contemporary operatic production in Iceland and how modern music can be combined with electronic music by using new technology. 

Farfuglinn will be premiered on 30 January in the Myrkir músikdagar festival in Salurinn in Kópavogur, after which it will be shown as part of the Music for All project in Kópavogur. Performances are scheduled in Gerðuberg on 23, 24 and 25 February.