Helene Gjerris

A religious mystery opera; a magnificent doomsday vision. Composer Rued Langgaard's opera on the moral decay of modern society features the Royal Danish Opera and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. Performers include Sten Byrel, Anne Margrethe Dahl, John Lundgren and Camilla Nylund. A Danish co-production by the Royal Danish Opera and the Danish Broadcasting corporation from 2002.

Two reporters of TV-Glad, Daniel Henriksen and Majbritt Holm, accompany the composer Per Nørgård on a train journey from Copenhagen to Aalborg, where his fairy tale cantata "Will o'-the-Wisps in Town" is going to be performed. On the journey, Per Nørgård talks about his work on the cantata, which is based on the fairy tale "The Will-o'-the Wisps Are in Town, Said the Marsh Witch", written by Andersen in 1865.