BRÍM

Art, money, and nepotism are the main themes in Brím, the new opera composed by Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundssons and written and directed by Adolf Smári Unnarsson.

“Brilliantly original!” - M.L. mbl.is
“Brím is a masterpiece!” - S.A. tmm.is

Music of the Year (Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundsson) - Icelandic Theatre Awards

Ekkert er sorglegra en manneskjan 2020 Tjarnarbíó. Hamingjan, og fálmkennd leit manneskjunnar að henni, er viðfangsefni þessarar nýju íslensku óperu eftir tónskáldið Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundsson, í leikstjórn Adolfs Smára Unnarssonar. Aðstandendur: Tónskáld: Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundsson Leikstjórn og texti: Adolf Smári Unnarsson Flytjendur: Dagur Þorgrímsson, Heiðdís Hanna Sigurðardóttir, María Sól Ingólfsdóttir, Ólafur Freyr Birkisson Leikmynda- og búningahönnuður: Bryndís Ósk. Þ. Ingvarsdóttir Dramatúrg: Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson Ljósahönnuður: Hafliði Emil Barðason Myndbandshönnuður: Elmar Þórarinsson Tónlistarstjórn: Pétur Björnsson Aðstoð við sýningu: Magnús Thorlacius Grafísk hönnun: Gréta Þorkelsdóttir Ljósmyndir: Gunnlöð Jóna Rúnarsdóttir Hljómsveit: Baldvin Ingvar Tryggvason, klarinett Björg Brjánsdóttir, flauta Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundsson, raftónlist Flemming Viðar Valmundsson, harmóníka Pétur Björnsson, fiðla Unnur Jónsdóttir, selló Styrkt af Mennta- og menningarmálaráðuneytinu

Ekkert er sorglegra en manneskjan

Opera by Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundsson and Adolf Smári Unnarsson

„Magnað ferðalag á flatbotna sumarskóm í gegnum táradal tilvistarinnar.“ ★★★★ ½ - Sigríður Jónsdóttir, Fréttablaðið

Music of the Year (Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundsson), Singer of the Year (María Sól Ingólfsdóttir) - Icelandic Theatre Awards

Friðrik Margrétar

Composer

Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundsson graduated from compositions at the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2017. Friðrik is known for his music for theatre, dance and visual media as well as composing for classical instruments and choir. His first full length opera Ekkert er sorglegra en manneskjan was premiered in September 2020 and received two prices at the Icelandic Theatre Awards (Gríman) for music of the year and singer of the year (María Sól Ingólfsdóttir) receiving five additional nominations including Show of the Year. Earlier in 2020 he released his first EP, Skipholt.

His works have been performed around Europe and Iceland by various performers including Ensemble Recherche in Freiburg and The Reykjavík Cathedral Choir. Recently Friðrik has worked with industrial techno band HATARI and is featured on their latest album Neyslutrans.