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Miki Alone - Seven songs for a mad woman

Peter Bruun

Miki Alone - Seven songs for a mad woman

Helene Gjerris, FIGURA Ensemble
The Danish composer Peter Bruun has won Nordic Councils Music Prize 2008 for his music drama Miki Alone, which was staged at Den Anden Opera in 2002. It's a contemporary music drama about a modern yet mad woman's life in a circus kitchen. The CD recording is now available at Dacapo. It contains the staging's seven songs sung by Helene Gjerris, that kan be heard as a portrayal of the mad woman through her inner thoughts and emotions. The lyrics are by the poet Ursula Andkjær Olsen and accompaniment is by the Figura Ensemble.
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Total runtime: 
42 min.
Release date: 
October 2008
Cat. No.: 
8.226555
FormatID: 
CD
CoverFormat: 
Jewel Case
Barcode: 
636943655528
Track count: 
8

Credits

Recorded at Mantziusgården autumn 2004 by Jens Hørsving
Producers: Thomas Søndergaard, Peter Bruun and Jens Hørsving
Editing and mastering: Jens Hørsving

Cover picture: Michael Altschul/Visuel Media
Graphic design: Filippa Berglund

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Mika Alone was staged at Den Anden Opera, Copenhagen, autumn 2002.
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