Piggy Sparkle
(2025)
Chamber Opera; presented as part of ‘Three Dreams of Opera’, a trio of operas created through the ‘Opera as a Multi-Artistic Collaboration’ course at University of the Arts, Helsinki.
11 to 12 April 2025.
Musiikkitalo, Black Box.
11 to 12 April 2025.
Musiikkitalo, Black Box.
The mini opera Piggy Sparkle is an anarchic posthuman fable inspired by the 2020 documentary Gunda, directed by Viktor Kossakovsky.
It is a speculation about what could happen after the film’s final scene in which a mother pig and her piglets are separated by human farmers.
The libretto explores motherhood, longing and the verges of biology. The production mixes theater, puppetry, expressionism, naivism and postmodernism in a colourful and chaotic cocktail.
Photo Credit: Chong Gua Khee
Production Info
Presented by University of the Arts, Helsinki.
Production Credits
Libretto
Minne Mäki
Fabian Gustaf Silén
Fabian Gustaf Silén
Music
Yuto Obata
Direction
Chong Gua Khee
Kirmo Komulainen
Kirmo Komulainen
Conductor
Elisar Riddelin
Multimedia Design
Joona Koskela
Cast
Maja Burggraaff (Piggy)
Caressa Betist Thenu (Chat)
Fabian Gustaf Silén (Mother)
Minne Mäki (Daughter)
Caressa Betist Thenu (Chat)
Fabian Gustaf Silén (Mother)
Minne Mäki (Daughter)
Musicians
Vicent Orón Bolós
(Alto and Tenor Saxophone)
Iida-Maria Kuronen
(Electric Kantele)
Joonas William Jääskeläinen (Acoustic and Electric Guitar)
Maissi Uusitalo (Percussion)
Tuomas Salokangas (Piano)
(Alto and Tenor Saxophone)
Iida-Maria Kuronen
(Electric Kantele)
Joonas William Jääskeläinen (Acoustic and Electric Guitar)
Maissi Uusitalo (Percussion)
Tuomas Salokangas (Piano)
