Medverkande

The Altersea Opera

Lap-See Lam
with Kholod Hawash and Tze Yeung Ho

Curator: Asrin Haidari
Producer: Luba Kuzovnikova

The original concept for The Altersea Opera was conceived by Lap-See Lam

Director, Installation, Video, Sculpture: Lap-See Lam
Textile Art/Costume: Kholod Hawash
Original Music, Arrangements and Sound: Tze Yeung Ho

Script, Libretto, Screenplay: Lap-See Lam
Lo Ting Character Texts: Ivan Cheng
Script Consultants: Axel Winqvist, Lawen Mohtadi, Jesper Strömbäck Eklund
Casting: Lap-See Lam & Tze Yeung Ho
Interpreters: Maya Abdullah, Tanny Lam, Angela Aldebs
Hosts: Pia Karttunen, Laura Lucchini, Marica Petkovic

Dragon head and tail originally made by artist Lu Guangzheng (1991)

Excerpts of text used in the musical score from: Juhan Liiv and other traditional Icelandic and Arabic sources

PERFORMERS AND MUSICIANS

Ivan Cheng (artist, writer) as Future Lo Ting
Bruno Hibombo (vocalist, composer) as Past Lo Ting
Sofia Jernberg (vocalist, improviser) as The Dragon
Steve Katona (countertenor) as The Eel
Ping-Kwan Lam (singer) as The Singing Chef
Þórgunnur Anna Ornolfsdottir (mezzo-soprano)
The Gong Strikes One (Chinese Gong Arrangement and Traditional Cantonese Narrative Singing)
High-rimmed Gong/Gong: Lok Yun Lung
Vocal: Kong Chan
Linnéa Sundfar Casserly (soprano)
David Hackston (countertenor)
Iris Oja (alto)
Maren Sofie Nyland Johansen (accordion)
Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (accordion)
Katerina Anagnostidou (percussion)
Hsiao-Tung Yuan (percussion)
Anja Nedremo (saxophone)
Joshua Spear (saxophone)
Maya Abdullah (song)

Costume Design: Suvi Kajas
Textile Artist Assistants: Linda Kokkonen, Tiina Majabacka, Jenni Räsänen, Hilla Ruuska
Production Assistant: Felicia Troedsson Friberg
Director’s Assistant: Jesper Strömbäck Eklund
Composer’s Assistants: Fredrik Storsveen, James Layton
Hair & Makeup: Johanna Larsson with assistant Anna Ave
Intern: Unn Faleide
Dragon’s Welders and Guardians: Fredrik Eriksson, Hasse Möller, Zoltan Schnierer
Bamboo Scaffold Master: Ho Yeung Chan with assistants Ho Lim Chan and Marius Engan Johansen
Technical Director: Martin Christensen
Studio Director: Jun-Hi Wennergren Nordling
Glass Sculptures fabricated by Berengo Studio, Murano
Audio Engineering: Julia Giertz & Giovanni Onorato
Video Installation: Eidotech
Production Support in Venice: M+B Studio
Engineer support: Kåver & Mellin AB

FILM PRODUCTION

Artist/Director: Lap-See Lam
Creative Producer: Fredrik Egerstrand
Production: Egerstrand&Blund
Executive Producer: Luba Kuzovnikova
Director of Photography: Lisabi Fridell FSF
Camera Operator: Peter Mattsson
Focus Puller: Herman Brolin
Camera Assistant: Filip Ehrenstråhle
Gaffer: Kamil Janowski, Luisa Fanciullacci
Best Girl/Best Boy: Linnea Grahn, Carl Erskine
Technicians: Sofia Bogren, Markus Lingevall
Sound Technician: Christian Skarin
FAD: Pontus Wicksell, Rebecka Cutić
Editing: Fredrik Egerstrand, Lap-See Lam
Animation vfx: Martin Christensen
Grading: Peter Mattsson, Lisabi Fridell
Catering: Charlotte Larsson
Artist’s Assistant: Felicia Troedsson Friberg
Director’s Assistant: Alva Törnquist
Production Assistant: Rut Egerstrand Kjellberg

In partnership with The Vega Foundation, with support from Studio Voltaire and The Power Plant

Communication Agency: Helena Zedig and Miles Evans/MAP Strategic Communications
Graphic Design: Åbäke

Commissioners

Gitte Ørskou, Moderna Museet
Leevi Haapala, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art / The Finnish National Gallery
Ruben Steinum, Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA)