Kaddara

1921 opera by Hakon Børresen

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Kaddara: Folkelivsbilleder fra Grønland (Sketches from the Folk Life in Greenland) is a 1921 Danish-language opera in four acts by Hakon Børresen to a libretto by C.M. Norman-Hansen (1861-1947).[1][2][3]

## Recording

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* Kaddara \- Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Stig Fogh Andersen, Matti Borg, Elisabeth Hanke, Anette Bod, Maria Hanke, Paul Frederiksen Ruse Philharmonic Niels Borksand 2CD, CDKlassisk 2013

## References

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1. ^ The Living Age 1921 - Volume 309 - Page 679 'Very properly Kaddara is called "Sketches from the Folk Life in Greenland." In the four pictures unrolled before the spectator, joy and merrymaking, baseness, and sentimental outpourings follow each other in rapid succession.
2. ^ Borksand, Niels (2011). "Kaddara- en Grønlandsk opera". Tidsskriftet Grønland.
3. ^ Alastair H. Thomas (2010). The A to Z of Denmark. Scarecrow Press. p. 70\. ISBN 9780810872059.