Kristina från Duvemåla
| Kristina Från Duvemåla | |
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| Music | Benny Andersson |
| Lyrics | Björn Ulvaeus (Swedish lyrics) |
| Book | Björn Ulvaeus |
| Basis |
The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg Translation to english lyrics Björn Ulvaeus and Herbert Kretzmer |
| Productions |
1995 Malmö 1996 Minneapolis In Concert 1997 Gothenburg 1998 2001 Swedish Tour 2006 New York Workshop 2009 New York In Concert 2010 London In Concert 2012 Helsinki 2014 Gothenburg 2016 Norway |
The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg
1995 Malmö
1996 Minneapolis In Concert
1997 Gothenburg
1998
2001 Swedish Tour
2006 New York Workshop
2009 New York In Concert
2010 London In Concert
2012 Helsinki
2014 Gothenburg
Kristina från Duvemåla ("Kristina from Duvemåla") is a Swedish musical written by former ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus (lyrics) and Benny Andersson (music). It's based on a series of four novels by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg detailing a family's poverty-driven migration from Sweden to America in the mid-19th century: The Emigrants, Unto a Good Land, The Settlers, and The Last Letter Home.
The show premiered at the Malmö Opera and Music Theatre in Malmö, Sweden, on 7 October 1995 and received a rapturous welcome. The audience gave it a 10-minute standing ovation, while the critics unanimously praised it. Martin Nyström of Dagens Nyheter wrote that Andersson and Ulvaeus "created a great Swedish musical that thematically touches on the great questions of our time" and compared Andersson's musicality with that of Schubert; while Svenska Dagbladet's Carl-Gunnar Åhlén concluded that Björn Ulvaeus "succeeded in presenting the drama without getting bogged down, despite its almost Wagnerian length". A few years later, however, Dagens Nyheter reviewer Marcus Boldemann wrote that "Kristina från Duvemåla is not an A-class musical work".
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