Claes Fellbom
Encyclopedia
Claes Fellbom is a Swedish film director
, screenwriter
, and composer
, and a librettist and opera
stage director. He is the founder and managing director of Folkoperan
.
He collaborated with composer Sven-David Sandström
on Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy
(2001), and made a notorious film of Giuseppe Verdi
's Aida, with Folkoperan in 1987
, which was performed topless. He also wrote the libretti for Daniel Börtz
's Marie Antoinette (1998) and Svall (2005) and Qu Xiaosong's Oedipus.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, and a librettist and opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
stage director. He is the founder and managing director of Folkoperan
Folkoperan
Folkoperan is an opera house in Stockholm, Sweden, founded by Claes Fellbom in 1976. It is located in Stockholm at Hornsgatan 72 in a popular southern district of Stockholm called Södermalm....
.
He collaborated with composer Sven-David Sandström
Sven-David Sandström
Sven-David Sandström is a Swedish composer best known for his compositions operas, oratorios, battets, and choral works, as well as orchestral works.Sandström studied art history and musicology at Stockholm University...
on Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy
Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy
Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy is a 2001 opera created and commissioned by librettist-director Claes Fellbom with composer Sven-David Sandström, based on Ludvig Holberg's play, Jeppe of the Hill , updated to a contemporary setting, with television as a major theme...
(2001), and made a notorious film of Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
's Aida, with Folkoperan in 1987
1987 in film
-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
, which was performed topless. He also wrote the libretti for Daniel Börtz
Daniel Börtz
Daniel Börtz is a Swedish composer.He studied composition under Hilding Rosenberg, Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Ingvar Lidholm. Among his works are the operas Bacchanterna , Marie Antoinette and Goya .-References:*...
's Marie Antoinette (1998) and Svall (2005) and Qu Xiaosong's Oedipus.
Filmography
- Aida (1987) (director, screen adaptation)
- Carmen (1983) (director, SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
translation) - Skottet (The Shot) (1969) (director, co-writer, co-composer)
- Agent 0,5 och Kvarten - fattaruväl! (1968) (director only)
- Carmilla (1969) (director, screenwriter, composer)
- Ska' ru' me' på fest? (1966) (director, screenwriter, composer)