Tree Opera

Tree Opera. Windthrow

Full opera production, Iceland, anticipated Summer 2022

In 2019 her Tree Opera. Windthrow for eight voices, chamber ensemble and electronic track premiered in an old-growth forest in Hyrynsalmi, Finland. Drawing inspiration from the most recent scientific research in plants’ neuro-physiology and deep forest ecology, it explores forest as a natural stage to create a unique experience of our interconnectedness with nature at large and forest in particular. The chamber ensemble musicians, Swedish Paetzold contrabass recorder player Anna Petrini and singers from the Grammy Award winning Latvian Radio Choir performed on specially built platforms positioned in trees that has become a trademark of the show.