Vapours of Love\u00a0was commissioned by Aarhus Summer Opera in 2008
\nLibretto: Bent N\u00f8rgaard,\u00a0basered on Iselin Herman’s novel “Dampe”
\nFirst performance: Sept 2009
\nFirst Cast:\u00a0\u00a0Kristine Becker Lund; Helene Gjerris; Magnus Vigilius; Jens Bruno Hansen; Astrid Kjeldgaard; Louis Mark Pedersen
\nSolo voices: \u00a0Soprano\/Berthe, Mezzo\/Adolphine, Tenor\/Jacob, Baritone\/Dr. J. J. Dampe, two children
\nOrchestra:\u00a01-1-1-1 \/ 1-0-0-0\/harpe, perc \/ 1-1-1-1-1
\nDuration: 120 min.
\nPublisher: Edition PaperMusic<\/p>\n

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Great emotions are at stake in “Vapours of Love”. Emotions related to desire, related to love and sacrifice for another human being. Emotions relating to a life lived and the ability to manage a life filled with pain of separation from a loved one. A school teacher on the run from a failed relationship with a married woman in Copenhagen seeking refuge on the remote island of Christians\u00f8, falls in love with (is seduced by) another married woman. They form \u00a0a relationship, while at the same time he is haunted by the island’s ghost, Doctor JJ Dampe, a kind of alter ego, who draws parallels between his own love story and the school teacher’s love affair. The opera, which is a love quartet, based on two parallel stories that weave in and out of one another across time and place. It creates a special “layered” structure, which provides the supporting love story between the fisherman’s wife Berthe and schoolteacher Jacob depth. At the same time it tells the story of the actual Danish historical personage, Dr. \u00a0Jacob Dampe, who basically was one of the first fighters for human rights in a time of a strict monachy in Danish history. He was jailed in strict solitary confinement on the small island of Christians\u00f8 for 20 years.<\/p>\n

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