“Extremely intense”
Aftonbladet
“Frenetic and fascinating”
Borås Tidning
“Visually rich”
Svenska Dagbladet
“Marcos Morau succeeds in creating individual expressions in each of the dancers who take part”
Alba
“It would be a pity to miss”
Alba
About Cold Song
Spanish choreographer and multidisciplinary artist Marcos Morau often creates wild, entertaining works infused with absurd humour – and this creation is no exception. The title Cold song refers to the music, which is based on an aria from Henry Purcell’s opera King Arthur. In this piece the dancers adopt different characters, while the set consists of a mysterious box that hides all kinds of fantastical contraptions. Both the dancers and the set are transformed as Cold Song carries us across the boundary between reality and theatrical magic.
Team
CHOREOGRAPHY Marcos Morau
SET DESIGN Max Glaenzel Ribas
COSTUME DESIGN Silvia Delagneau
LIGHTING DESIGN David Stokholm
COMPOSITION/SOUND DESIGN Ben Meerwein, Alex Röser Vatiché
ASSISTANTS TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER Marina Rodriguez, Ángela Boix
Information
Original music by Ben Meerwein & Alex Röser Vatiché, inspired by Henry Purcell’s “Cold Song”. Original recording “What power art thou? (Cold song)” from King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691), Act 3. Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina, conductor Stefano Montanari. ℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Running time 40 minuter
Dancers 8
World premiere 6 February 2026, Göteborg Opera Main Stage
