Det er som om jeg får være sammen med Åsleik i arbeidet. Samtidig blir det veldig tydelig at han ikke er her.

Åsleik Engmark was supposed to direct Kilden’s major production, “The Halibut Prince.” When he died suddenly in February, his loved ones made a decision: They would see it through.

“I was asked quite early on if I wanted to go ahead with the production. ‘Of course we had to try to make it happen,’ I replied,” says Kari Anne Bjerkestrand. She was Åsleik Engmark’s partner until his sudden death on February 12 of this year. Engmark was originally supposed to direct “The Halibut Prince,” which premieres on May 27. His loved ones then had to make an important decision. Was it right to move forward? – It was a surreal shock when I was told that Åsleik had died. The first thing I thought was that it was important to let his loved ones decide whether we should continue. If they hadn’t wanted it, we wouldn’t have done it, says the opera director at Kild

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