EDDA: Viking Tales of Lust, Greed and Family
About the Production
EDDA: Viking Tales of Lust, Greed and Family is an evening-length music theatre work based on the Icelandic Edda Cycle, the earliest medieval text containing ancient Germanic myths. Sung in the Viking language of Old Norse and performed by the Sequentia ensemble, the production incorporates English narrative projections, singers, and instrumentalists.
Production Team And Cast
Conceived and Directed by
Ping Chong
Written by
Ping Chong and Victoria Abrash
Music
Benjamin Bagby
Producers
Jon Aaron
Assistant Director
Christopher Caines
Dramaturg
Victoria Abrash
Sound and Projection Design
David Meschter
Set and Light Design
Randy Ward
Costume
Stefani Mar
Production Manager
Jim Larkin
Stage Manager
Courtney Golden
Cast
Lena Susanne Norin, Agnethe Christensen, Benjamin Bagby, Elizabeth Gaver, Norbert Rodenkirchen and Christopher Caines
Performance History
Workshop
University Musical Society, Ann Arbor, MI (April 2001)
Premiere
Lincoln Center Festival, John Jay College Theatre (July 2001)
Tours
Utrecht Early Music Festival (August 2001)
Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (November 2001)
Clarisse Smith Performing Arts Center, University of MD, College Park, MD (November 2001)
Boston (February 2002)
Cleveland (March 2002)
Tokyo, Japan (July 2002)
Perth International Arts Festival (2002)
Arts Festival, Faroe Islands (August 2002)
Press
Edda: Presenting an Epic as Vikings Might Have Heard It, The New York Times, July 8, 2001
Ping Chong’s staging of the ‘Rheingold Curse,’ Sequentia
Chong and Bagby revive collection of Viking tales, Michigan Daily, April 16, 2001
Greed, Blood and Bold, MetroTimes, April 25, 2001
Dark-Age Obscurities Pulled Into the Light, New York Times, July 12, 2001
Partners
Lincoln Center Festival and University of Michigan Musical Society
Funders
Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center