The Seventh Seal
Det sjunde inseglet
opera by João MacDowell text by Ingmar Bergman
Vocal Score Concert premiere – Stockholm August/September 2018
Hosted By the Bergman Festival 2018
IBOC & FSBK
Dramaten & Moderna museet
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International press coverage:
“A new thinker in the genre.”
(en nytänkare inom genren)
Johanna Paulsson – Dagens Nyheter
Stockholm, August 30th 2018.
The New York Times
“The screen-to-stage phenomenon was represented at the Dramaten festival with Mr. MacDowell’s “The Seventh Seal”
Sunday September 9th 2018
Within larger article about the Bergman festival, journalist Elizabeth Vincentelli makes
two mentions of the new opera by João MacDowell.
The Stockholm concert premiere of the vocal score of The Seventh Seal opera by João MacDowell and Ingmar Bergman was presented as part of the Bergman Festival 2018, an IBOC production presented by Dramaten & Moderna museet, in tribute to the Centennial of the Swedish author and director.
In the online version of The New York Times you can also find a link to
a youtube video from the NY concert performance of the piece.
G1 – Globo.com
The most important Brazilian news outlet comments on the historical importance of a Latin American composer premiering an opera based out of the most iconic text by Ingmar Bergman.
The Seventh Seal, an opera by Brazilian composer João MacDowell is a product of cross-cultural collaboration, sung in Swedish.
It had its vocal score premiere in the Stockholm’s Modern Art Museum (Moderna museet) as part of the Bergman Festival 2018, in celebration of the centennial of the author and director, with a full Swedish cast and conducted by the composer.
RFI – Radio France International
Also comments on the historical aspect of this adaptation.
Local Swedish Newspapers such as Dagens Nyheter:
“A new thinker in the genre.”
(en nytänkare inom genren)
Johanna Paulsson – Dagens Nyheter
Stockholm, August 30th 2018.
Svenska Dagbladet:
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