{"id":65667,"date":"2026-10-05T12:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&p=65667"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:22:23","slug":"balrautt-teppi-ur-butasaum-childrens-opera","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/balrautt-teppi-ur-butasaum-childrens-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e1lrautt teppi \u00far b\u00fatasaum – Children’s Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"

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?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

B\u00e1lrautt teppi \u00far b\u00fatasaum<\/em> is a new children\u2019s opera by composer G\u00edsli J\u00f3hann Gr\u00e9tarsson and writer and director Oda Fiskum. The work will receive its world premiere at Reykjav\u00edk Opera Days 2026. S\u00f3lveig Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir has translated the work into Icelandic.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The performance is like a lively songbook, where a patchwork of curiosity, playfulness, and wonder, expressed through text and music, is stitched together with lyrical arias in verse and colorful ink drawings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oda Fiskum and G\u00edsli J\u00f3hann work together in the Nordic opera troupe Operakollektivet. This is the third opera they have created collaboratively.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The performance starts at 11:00 and 12:15.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The performance is in Icelandic.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Accessibility<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>
<\/span>Read about opening hours and accessibility in the Nordic House<\/span><\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":65668,"template":"","event-categories":[60,6],"class_list":["post-65667","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-all-events","event-categories-children","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/65667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=65667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}