
Reykjavík Opera Days: Ic#landic Folksongs
Duusgata 2, 230 Reykjanesbær
Dates
Byggðasafn Reykjanesbæjar
19, October 2025 - 26, October 2025
(see calendar for other dates)
Open from 4.00pm - 5.00pm
Website
https://operudagar.is/is/2025/islenskthjodlog/
General Admission See on official website
Icelandic Folk Songs is a music-theatre work featuring twelve arrangements by Atli Ingólfsson of traditional Icelandic songs: six for soloist and instrumental trio, and six for choir (performed here by a vocal quartet). Together they form a continuous narrative thread, led by soloist Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir through storytelling, and enriched by the movements and vocal ornamentation of the quartet and instrumentalists.
At the centre of the work stands one of the most striking ghost stories from Jón Árnason’s collection, Parthúsa-Jón.
Performers:
Atli Ingólfsson, composer
Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir, voice
Þuríður Jónsdóttir, flute
Gerður Gunnarsdóttir, violin
Bryndís Halla Gylfadóttir, cello
and Kammeróperan:
Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir
Þórgunnur Anna Örnólfsdóttir
Eggert Reginn Kjartansson
Unnsteinn Árnason