Overview
Synopsis
The story concerns two Swedish peasants, Karl-Oskar and his wife Kristina, who emigrate to the United States from the south of Sweden with their children and some friends during the famine of 1848. After a difficult journey, they arrive in Minnesota and start a new life. They manage to survive in their new country but Kristina still longs for her homeland. In the end she dies after a difficult pregnancy with her loyal husband beside her.
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- Book
- Björn Ulvaeus
- Music
- Benny Andersson
- Lyrics
- Björn Ulvaeus , Herbert Kretzmer
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- Genres
- Drama
- Cast Size
- medium
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Medium Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
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Featured |
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Songs
Music (1995 original cast recording) The song titles are the original Swedish ones. The titles in parenthesis are the titles directly translated into English
- "Prolog"
- "Duvemåla hage" (Duvemåla Pasture)
- "Min lust till dig" (My Lust For You)
- "Ut mot ett hav" (Out Towards A Sea)
- "Missväxt" (Bad Harvest)
- "Nej" (No)
- "Lilla skara" (Little Group)
- "Aldrig" (Never)
- "Kom till mig alla" (Come To Me, Everyone)
- "Vi öppnar alla grindar" (We Open All The Gates)
- "Bönder på havet" (Farmers At Sea)
- "Löss" (Lice)
- "Stanna" (Stay)
- "Begravning till sjöss" (Burial At Sea)
- "A Sunday in Battery Park"
- "Hemma" (Home)
- "Från New York till Stillwater" (From New York To Stillwater)
- "Tänk att män som han kan finnas" (To Think That Men Like Him Exist)
- "Kamfer och lavendel" (Camphor and Lavender)
- "Drömmen om guld" (The Dream of Gold)
- "Min astrakan" (My Astrakan)
- "Överheten" (The Superiors)
- "Ljusa kvällar om våren" (Bright Evenings In Springtime)
- "Präriens Drottning" (The Queen of the Prairie)
- "Vildgräs" (Wild Grass)
- "Jag har förlikat mig till slut" (I Have Resigned At Last)
- "Guldet blev till sand" (The Gold Turned Into Sand)
- "Wild Cat Money"
- "Ut mot ett hav (repris)" (Out Towards A Sea (Reprise))
- "Vill du inte gifta dig med mig?" (Won't You Marry Me?)
- "Ett Herrans underverk" (A Miracle Of The Lord)
- "Down to the Sacred Wave"
- "Missfall" (Miscarriage)
- "Du måste finnas" (You Must Exist)
- "Skördefest" (Harvest Feast)
- "Här har du mig igen" (Here You Have Me Again)
- "Red Iron"/"Hjälp mig trösta" (Red Iron/Help Me Comfort)
- "Var hör vi hemma?" (Where Do We Belong?)
- "I gott bevar" (In Good Keeping)
Kristina: A Concert Event (2009 English language version)
- Overture
- Path of Leaves and Needles
- Where You Go I Go With You
- Stone Kingdom
- Down to the Sea
- A Bad Harvest
- No!
- He's Our Pilot
- Never
- Golden Wheat Fields
- All Who Are Grieving
- We Open Up the Gateways
- Peasants at Sea
- Lice
- In The Dead of Darkness
- A Sunday in Battery Park
- Home
- American Man
- Dreams of Gold
- Summer Rose
- Emperors and Kings
- Twilight Images Calling
- Queen of the Prairie
- Wild Grass
- Gold Can Turn To Sand
- Wildcat Money
- To The Sea
- Miracle of God
- Down to the Waterside
- Miscarriage
- You Have to Be There
- Here I Am Again
- With Child Again
- Rising from the Myth and Legend
- I'll Be Waiting There
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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