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The Northern Lights Fairytale; opera-ballet for children and adults by Alexandra Chernyshova.

The Northern Lights Fairytale is an opera-ballet in two acts. In this winter adventure Valdís tells her grandchildren a fairytale while they visit her in their winter vacation. A fairytale about the love between a troll and an elf, their friend, the eccentric squirrel Ratatoski, the Elf Queen, who protects the harmony and the laws of the Nine Worlds, the mighty Njörður and his wife Skaði. The magical love of Grímlir and Triesta created the northern lights which we enjoy every winter in Iceland. The adventurous country of the Nine Worlds and the present become one in a fairytale about the northern lights.

Music: Alexandra Chernyshova
Story: Evgenia Chernyshova
Icelandic translation: Árni Bergmann
Video work: Jón R. Hilmarsson
Animation: Khaled Roshdy
Choreographer: Brynja Scheving
Conductor: Julian Hewlett

Performers:

Troll girl Triesta: Ingveldur Ýr Jónsdóttir, mezzo-soprano
Elf boy Grimli: Gunnar Björn Jónsson, tenor
The Elf Queen: Alexandra Chernyshova, soprano
Njörður: Michael Jón Clarke, baritone
Skaði: Soffia Dröfn Marteinsdóttir, ballet dancer
Grandmother Valdís: Gerður Bolladóttir, soprano
Squirrel Ratatoski: Jón Svavar Jósefsson, baritone
Grandchildren : Alexander Logi and Nikolai Leo Jonsson
Adventurous creatures: School choir of Stóru-Vogaskóli and school choir of MÍR 

Adventurous dancers and the seven fairies: Students from Edda Scheving ballet school

All children at the premiere of will get a book, with audiobook, for free at the entrance. Here you can see the promo-video of the children's book "The Northern Lights Fairytale” (icelandic) - https://youtu.be/_SLYnGNnXko

A fun winter show for the whole family.