Composed in the wake of America’s Vietnam War, and telling the story of the 1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge, Judith Wier’s epic King Harald's Saga (1979), a ten-minute "grand opera" in three acts and an epilogue, is a stunning and moving tour-de-force for one unaccompanied soprano. IN Series crafts this work into a unique film made in the evocative remains of the former power plant at The Parks at Historic Walter Reed Military Hospital (2020).

Performed by Maribeth Diggle

Directed by Timothy Nelson

Filmed by Sergei Shauchenka

Sound Engineered by John Regan

Filmed in the former boiler room at the old Walter Reed Military Hospital (2020).

Act I: The Journey to England

• Harald (aria)
• Fanfare
• Tostig (aria)

Act II: The Warning

• St Olaf (aria)
• Harald (aria)
• Harald's wives (duet)

Act III: The Battle of Stamford Bridge

• The Norwegian Army (chorus)
• Messenger (recitative)
• Soldier (aria)

Epilogue

• The Icelandic sage (recitative)

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