Döbeln (opera)

Döbeln is a chamber opera in two acts by Finnish composer Sebastian Fagerlund with a libretto by Jusa Peltoniemi. The world premiere took place on 25 July 2009 at the Kokkola Opera Summer Festival in Kokkola, Finland.

The main character of the opera is General Georg Carl von Döbeln. The opera starts when Döbeln suffers a head wound in the Battle of Porrassalmi during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) and is operated on and treated with opium. The plot of the opera then shows seven dreams or hallucinations that Döbeln experiences under the influence of the opiates. At the end of the opera the events return to the operating table.

The opera is 60 minutes long and was commissioned by the Kokkola Opera Festival.

The opera was directed by Ville Sandqvist and the Kokkola Opera Festival Orchestra was conducted by Sakari Oramo.

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