Project Choir Opus
Biography Project Choir Opus
The Opus Project Choir Foundation
consists of five enthusiastic music-loving board members who have the goal of "yearly performing unique, never before performed music, when possible in the presence of the composer, where the music is combined with another art form."
They search out a fitting accompaniment ensemble, soloists, choir and artist for each project. The foundation was formed to implement a desire to present challenging and exciting concerts which add something new to the existing concert life.
The Opus Project Choir Foundation first discovered the music of Steve Dobrogosz, an American composer living in Sweden, in 2007. That year the choir performed his two best known works, the Mass and the Requiem, which audiences received enthusiastically. While Dobrogosz was attending this project (called ‘Opus 1’) in Leeuwarden, the choir suggested that he write a much larger work, an oratorio. When he returned to Sweden, he became inspired by the beautiful, timeless texts of William Shakespeare. Thus My Rose came into existence, a two-hour-long work that was composed in the space of only four days. The oratorio adopts various musical styles, classical, jazz and musical theatre, to which the composer adds a touch of romance and a pinch of humour.
