From the Royal Swedish Opera / Kungliga Operan:
Clip from Mikael Karlsson's Melancholia – an opera based on the film by Lars von Trier.
Starring Lauren Snouffer, Rihab Chaieb, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jens Persson Hertzman, Ola Eliasson, and others. With English, German & French subtitles in YouTube player.

Mikael Karlsson - "The Husband Becomes the Coward" from Melancholia

Rihab Chaieb - vocal
Lauren Snouffer - vocal
Royal Swedish Orchestra / Kungliga Hovkapellet
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Andrea Molino - conductor

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Mikael Karlsson - Melancholia
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Royce Vavrek (based on the film by Lars von Trier)

CAST

Lauren Snouffer - Justine
Rihab Chaieb - Claire
Anne Sofie von Otter - Gaby
Jens Persson Hertzman - Michael
Ola Eliasson - John
Johan Edholm - Jack
Mikael Stenbaek - Tim
Nils Nygård / Anton Textorius - Leo
Klas Hedlund - Bean Counting Man

Royal Swedish Orchestra / Kungliga Hovkapellet
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Andrea Molino - conductor

Composer: Mikael Karlsson
Libretto: Royce Vavrek
Orchestration: MIkael Karlsson & Michael P Atkinson
Chorusmaster: Ines Kaun
Orchestra Manager: Helle Rodrick Solberg
Choreography: Charlotta Öfverholm
Costume Design: Chrisi Karvonides
Sound Design: Avgoustos Psillas
Sound Mix for Video Version: Peter Hecker
Synthesizer Programming: Jocki Lövmark
Set Design: Boris Kudlička
Lighting Design: Tom Visser
Video Art: Bartek Macias
Dramaturgy: Katarina Aronsson
Assistant Director: Marianne Odencrants
Artistic Director: Ellen Lamm
Video Editor: Caro Keller
Director of Photography: Morgan Brown
Stage Director: Sláva Daubnerová
TV Director: Andreas Morell
Producer: Tove Asplind

Commissioned by Birgitta Svendén and the Royal Swedish Opera

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