The Baron in the Trees Klätterbaronen
2014
A chamber opera by composer Ivo Nilsson inspired by the book The Baron in the Trees by the Italian author Italo Calvino. This opera is a commission by the ensemble Lipparella who specialize in contemporary music written for baroque instruments. In this performance the ensemble is joined by the actor Kirsti Thorhaug who, in dialogue with the counter tenor Michael Bellini, tells the story about the young boy who climbs up into the trees from where he observes the world, philosophizes and lives his whole life.
Performed at Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm.
On stage
Kirsti Thorhaug actor
Michael Bellini counter tenor
Anna Lindal violin
Kerstin Frödin recorder
Peter Söderberg lute, theorbo and oud
Louise Agnani viola da gamba
Peter Lönnerberg cembalo
Credits
Music Ivo Nilsson
Libretti Magnus Jacobsson and Johan Petri
Dramaturge Tora von Platen
Set design Niklas Billström
Costume design Filippa Hanzon
Film projections Wolfgang Lehman
Photographer Niklas Billström
Direction Johan Petri
Produced by Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art in collaboration with Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm.