Director - Kasper Holten Composer - Daníel Bjarnason Libretto - Kerstin PerskiBased on the fi lm BROTHERS, a fi lm by Susanne Bier. Original script by Anders Thomas Jensen, story by Susanne Bier. Executive Producer Jesper Winge Leisner.

Choreographer - Palle GranhøjBased on the fi lm OPEN HEARTS, a fi lm by Susanne Bier. Original script by Anders Thomas Jensen, story by Susanne Bier. Executive Producer Jesper Winge Leisner.

Director - Peter LangdalBased on the fi lm AFTER THE WEDDING, a fi lm by Susanne Bier. Original script by Anders Thomas Jensen, story by Susanne Bier. Executive Producer Jesper Winge Leisner.

In 2017 Musikhuset Aarhus rethinks three masterpiece movies by acclaimed Danish director Susanne Bier. More than one

million Danes have seen the Oscar-winner’s Brothers (2004), After the Wedding (2006), and Open Hearts (2002). Next

year as part of Aarhus European Capital of Culture 2017 they are transformed from the screen to the stage respectively

as dance, opera and musical theatre. This landmark event - The Bier Trilogy - is the first time Musikhuset Aarhus acts

both as a producer and as a venue. Musikhuset Aarhus hopes to inspire local, national and international audiences by

bringing these powerful Danish stories to life in a new way, leaving a lasting artistic legacy.

Idea and concept development of The Bier Trilogy:

Mette Kier, Musikhuset Aarhus and Jesper Winge Leisner, The One and Only Company

Executive producer: Jesper Winge Leisner, The One and Only Company

Musical theatre

Betty Nansen Teatret brings the

Oscar-nominated movie After the

Wedding onstage in 2017. The

recognized director Peter Langdal

creates a musical theatre show from

Bier’s touching tale of destiny about

humans connected through emotional

and genetic bonds.

DIRECTOR: Peter Langdal

PRODUCERS: Betty Nansen Teatret

and Musikhuset Aarhus

SHOW DATES: OKTOBER 2017

Opera

The Danish National Opera produces the

powerful love triangle of Bier’s Brothers.

A modern but timeless story of war, bro-

therhood and love.

COMPOSER: Daníel Bjarnason

LIBRETTO: Kerstin Perski

DIRECTOR: Kasper Holten

STAGE DESIGNER: Steffen Aarfing

Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and The

Chorus of the Danish National Opera

PRODUCER: The Danish National Opera

SHOW DATES: 16 – 22 AUGUST 2017

Dance

The internationally recognized chore-

ographer Palle Granhøj transforms the

tragic lovestory about a man who is

paralyzed into a modern and touching

dance performance. In 2014, Palle

Granhøj won a Reumert for Dance

Show of the Year with his interpretati-

on of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.

CHOREOGRAPHER: Palle Granhøj

PRODUCERS: Palle Granhøj Dans

and Musikhuset Aarhus

SHOW DATES: NOVEMBER 2017

After theWedding

BrothersOpen Hearts