The Secret Songs - Full production , March/April 2007
The Royal Danish Theatre
Copenhagen
Denmark
The Secret Songs
A chamber opera by British rock legend Elvis Costello
World premiere
March 1 - April 4 2007
'A chamber opera by British rock legend Elvis Costello
spotlighting Hans Christian Andersen’s unrequited love
for the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind. Following
last season’s warm-up performance of a song cycle from
the opera, Takkelloftet now presents the world
premiere of Costello’s first opera.'
Direction: Kasper Bech Holten
Set design: Stine Martinsen
Cast
Hans Christian Andersen: Allan Klie
P.T. Barnum: Joachim Knop
Jenny Lind: Sine Bundgaard
Dr. Meisling: Kjeld Christoffersen
Henriette Wulff: Elsebeth Lund
Edvard Collin: Bo Kristian Jensen
Mrs Meisling: Andrea Pellegrini