Voices Electrify Space
Opera Vocal Arts Music Theater
The city transforms to an opera stage
Festival of classical singers
Get yourself a positive charge
Festival Schedule
Events 2026
Symposium
Portrait: Kurt Weill
Is this it?
A Thin Veneer on a Fiery Pool
Lecture Recital – Queerness on the Opera Stage
Festival opening
Odes for the Future
Voices Electrify: Birgir and Hrönn
Navaranaaq
The Floating Diva
27
áttir
Gala of Garðabær
FESTIVAL GALA: NOC + ELJA
Bluebeard's Castle
Voices electrify: The magnificent voice of Margrét Hrafnsdóttir
Bálrautt teppi úr bútasaum - children's opera
Voices electrify space
Classical voices transform the spaces they sound in. They can be large or small, soft or powerful, delicate, beautiful, and sensitive – even spectacular or overwhelming. Though unamplified, they travel through the space like electricity, touching the audience and charging them with new energy.
During this year's edition, we reflect on this electrifying energy. We live in a world that is constantly connected: charged with information, stimuli, conflict, and uncertainty, but also with beauty, creativity, intimacy, and hope. Energy can be both positive and negative – it can bring us together, push us apart, or spark something unexpected.
We are all charged with experience, emotions, memories, expectations, hopes, and desires. When live voices resonate in spaces and meet other people, connections are formed—something is set in motion. At the festival, we invite guests to briefly disconnect from daily distractions, immerse themselves in live song, and experience how unamplified voices electrify a space.
Come, connect, and walk out fully charged!
The people
Participants 2026
Margrét Hrafnsdóttir
Soprano
Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir
Mezzo-soprano
Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir
Composer
Bjarni Thor Kristinsson
Bass and Stage Director
Íris Björk Gunnarsdóttir
Singer
Hildigunnur Halldórsdóttir
Violinist
Sigríður Thorlacius
Singer
Katie Buckley
Harpist
Grímur Helgason
Clarinettist
Ástríður Alda Sigurðardóttir
Pianist
Patrick Egersborg
Baritone
Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir
Cellist
Ragnheiður Ingunn Jóhannsdóttir
Soprano and Conductor
Hrönn Þráinsdóttir
Pianist
Zbigniew Dubik
Violinist
Íris Björk Gunnarsdóttir
Singer
Heiða Árnadóttir
Singer
Cameron Corbett
Dancer
Guja Sandholt
Singer
Svanhildur Pálmadóttir
Singer
Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir
Composer
Stefan Ibsen Zlatanos
Pianist
Hávarður Tryggvason
Double Bass Player
Matthildur Anna Gísladóttir
Pianist
Gísli Jóhann Grétarsson
Composer
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir
Soprano
Bryndís Halla Gylfadóttir
Cellist
Pálína Jónsdóttir
Stage Director
Andri Björn Róbertsson
Bass-baritone
Nordic Opera Choir
Choir
Hafsteinn Þórólfsson
Baritone
Mótettukórinn
Choir
Bryndís Pálsdóttir
Violinist
Unnsteinn Árnason
Bass
Steiney Sigurðardóttir
Cellist
Baldvin Ingvar Tryggvason
Clarinettist
Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir
Violist
Þórunn Ósk Marínósdóttir
Violist
Birkir Örn Hafsteinsson
Clarinettist
Ármann Helgason
Bass Clarinet Player
Kristín Sveinsdóttir
Mezzo-soprano
Eggert Reginn Kjartansson
Tenor
Stephen Higgins
Pianist
Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir
Soprano
Ástríður Alda Sigurðardóttir
Pianist
Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir
Cellist
Björk Níelsdóttir
Soprano
Áslákur Ingvarsson
Baritone
Bjarni Snæbjörnsson
Director
Oda Fiskum
Stage Director and Playwright
Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir
Violinist
Birgir Stefánsson
Stefan Sand
Composer and Conductor
Ragnheiður Ingunn Jóhannsdóttir
Soprano and Conductor
Matthildur Anna Gísladóttir
Pianist
Gissur Páll Gissurarson
Singer
ELJA KAMMERSVEIT
Svava Bernharðsdóttir
Violist
Sólveig Steinþórsdóttir
Violinist
Jason Friedman
French Horn Player
Kenza Koutchoukali
Director
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