About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1943-01-29
Place of birth:
Solna, Stockholms län, Sweden
Website:
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Claes Fellbom

Overview

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.

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

Directing
1987 Aida Directing Director N/A
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1983 Carmen Directing Director N/A
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1969 Den vilda jakten på likbilen Directing Director N/A
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1969 The Shot Directing Director 58
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1968 Agent 0,5 och Kvarten fattaruväl Directing Director N/A
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1968 Carmilla Directing Director 59
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1966 Ska' ru' me' på fest? Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1969 The Shot Writing Co-Writer 58
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1968 Carmilla Writing Writer 59
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1966 Ska' ru' me' på fest? Writing Writer N/A
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Sound
1969 The Shot Sound Music 58
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Camera
1989 Är du inte riktigt fisk? Camera Camera Operator 59
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