THEatre WORKS

RED WATERS
2011 · Opera

Music and libretto: Lady & Bird / Keren Ann Zeidel & Bardi Johannsson
Based on: A synopsis by Sjón, Keren Ann Zeidel & Bardi Johannsson
Director: Arthur Nauzyciel
Choreographer: Damien Jalet
Presented at: Opéra de Rouen, Le Cadran Évreux, Grand Théâtre de Tours, Théâtre d’Orléans

 

HEDDA GABLER
2011 · Theatre music

Composer: Bardi Johannsson
Writter: Henrik Ibsen
Director: Kristín Eysteinsdóttir
Presented at: National Theatre of Iceland

 

BRENNIVARGARNIR
2009 · Theatre music

Composer: Bardi Johannsson
Writter: Max Frisch
Director: Kristín Jóhannesdóttir
Presented at: National Theatre of Iceland

 

SÆDÝRASAFNIÐ / MUSEUM OF THE SEA
2009 · Theatre music

Composer: Bardi Johannsson
Writter: Marie Darrieussecq
Director: Arthur Nauzyciel
Presented at: National Theatre of Iceland / Centre Dramatique National Orléans

LIVE SCORES

THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE
2024 · Live cine-concert / new score

Composers / performers: Kælan Mikla & Bardi Johannsson
Original film by: Victor Sjöström
Presented at: Transylvania International Film Festival

 

DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS
2022 · Live cine-concert / new score

Composer / performer: Bardi Johannsson
Original film by: Harry Kümel
Presented at: Théâtre National de Bretagne

 

HÄXAN
2006-2020 · Live cine-concert / new score

Composer / performer: Bardi Johannsson
Original film by: Benjamin Christensen
Presented at: ASVOFF 5, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Transilvania International Film Festival, Bánffy Castle, Romania; Rennes, France

 

BLACK GARDEN
2005 · Composition for string quartet, clavier and electronics

Composer: Bardi Johannsson
Presented at: Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

 

EPAL DESIGN BIRTHDAY
2005 · Children’s choir piece

Composer: Bardi Johannsson
Presented at: EPAL Design Birthday

 

Í VÆGÐARHEIMUM
2000 · Choir piece

Composer: Bardi Johannsson
Written with: Henrik B. Björnsson
Created for: Reykjavík Cultural City
Performed by: Choir of Grafarvogskirkja

SPECIAL PROJECTS

CITÉ INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS ART RESIDENCY, PARIS
2023
 


ARCTIC DRONE FESTIVAL
2019 · Festival / curated event · Co-curator
Created with: Melissa Auf der Maur and Nathan Larson
Presented at: Húsavík, North Iceland
 


DRESSING OURSELVES, STATUE OF BARÐI
2018 / 2005 · Museum piece / exhibition project · Subject / collaborator
Originally created for: Triennale Milano, Fashion Week, Italy
Presented at: Icelandic Museum of Rock’n’Roll

 

ZOMBIE
2017 · Trailer song · Featured vocalist
Based on: “Zombie” by The Cranberries
Created by: The Void
Used for: Middle-earth: Shadow of War trailer and The X-Files trailer

 

SACRED UNIVERSE
2013 · Short film · Co-director / composer
Presented at: Centre Pompidou, Paris
Award: Special Jury Prize, ASVOFF Fetish Festival, 2017

 

LADY AND BIRD RECORDING DIARY
2003 · Book · Co-creator
Created with: Keren Ann Zeidel

 

KONFEKT
2001 · TV show · Co-creator
Created with: Henrik B. Björnsson

 

RADIO-FM / X-FM
2000-2002 · Daily radio show · Host / creator