Rottien Pyhimys — Greta Tuotanto

2024 | Opera Multi-channel Video

Rottien pyhimys is a musical story of the paintings in the 16th century Church of the Holy Cross in Hattula, composed by Jukka Nykänen, directed by Reetta Ristimäki and written by Anneli Kanno.Together with Margo Nowicka, we interpreted the story and the original murals into a magical process of the church slowly filling with the paintings in their full, restored color, fantastical ornaments growing all over. I focused on restoring the images using archeological techniques and new AI systems. This piece has been performed at Kapsakki Teatteri and Alexanderin Teatteri for the las 2 years.

You can read more at Kapsakki’s page, Helsingin Sanomat, and Kulttuuri Toimitus.

Credits:

Cast: Aurora Manninen Jasper Leppänen Kai Bäckström Jyri Lahtinen Petri Bäckström Eeva Semerdjiev

Musicians: Janek Öller Ilkka Heinonen Miika Vintturi

Libretto: Anneli Kanto

Composition: Jukka Nykänen

Direction and artistic concept: Reetta Ristimäki

Visual artists: Calvin Guillot Małgorzata Nowicka

Lighting design: Mirkka Saari

Sound design: Max Marshall

Costume design: Marja Uusitalo

Masking design: Ari Haapaniemi

Production: Greta Tuotanto Music Theater Kapsäkki

Collaborators: Aalto University's MAGICS project