Claes Fellbom
Directing
- Born
- January 29, 1943 · Solna, Stockholms län, Sweden
- Died
- April 19, 2024 (age 81)
Claes Fellbom (29 January 1943 – 19 April 2024) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, and composer, and a librettist and opera stage director. He was the founder and managing director of the company Folkoperan, which he led for 36 years.
In 1989, he started his international career and after that he had at least one premiere per year. He also wrote libretti to nine operas, including Marie Antoinette, Zarah and JEPPE, as well as penning several books.
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Fellbom 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.
Fellbom died on 19 April 2024, at the age of 81.
Known for
Behind the camera8
- 1989Är du inte riktigt fisk? Camera Operator
- 1987Aida Director
- 1983Carmen Director
- 1969The Wild Hunt for the Hearse Director
- 1969The Shot Music, Director, Co-Writer
- 1968Agent 0,5 och Kvarten fattaruväl Director
- 1968Carmilla Director, Writer
- 1966Ska' ru' me' på fest? Director, Writer