Bálrautt teppi úr bútasaum - children's opera

Did you know that ketchup tastes best when eaten through a mitten? Have you ever felt the same joy as a mackerel heading out into the open sea? Why are there so few songs about autumn? And why are they always about how grey and gloomy it is? Why is autumn over just as we are beginning to get used to it? Could it be because we simply have nothing beautiful to say about it?

Bálrautt teppi úr bútasaum is a new children’s opera by composer Gísli Jóhann Grétarsson and writer and director Oda Fiskum. The work will receive its world premiere at Reykjavík Opera Days 2026. Sólveig Sigurðardóttir has translated the work into Icelandic.

Sýningin er eins og lífleg söngbók þar sem bútasaumur af forvitni, leikgleði og undrun í texta og tónlist eru saumuð saman með ljóðrænum aríum í bundnu máli og litríkum blekteikningum.

Oda Fiskum og Gísli Jóhann starfa saman í norræna óperuhópnum Operakollektivet. Þetta er þriðja óperan sem þau skapa í sameiningu.