Kafka and the Doll

29th of September at 4 p.m.

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Stina Ekblad takes us on a moving journey 100 years back in time, to the final years of Franz Kafka’s life. In 1920s Berlin, the gravely ill author, suffering from tuberculosis, meets a heartbroken girl searching for her lost doll. A special friendship develops. Love, loss, death, and hope permeate the story, illustrated by Debussy’s song cycle Ariettes Oubliées, piano music by Medtner, and Rachmaninoff’s 6 Romances, Op. 38.

Artists John and Maria are both recipients of the Anders Wall Scholarship and have performed on major stages and opera houses worldwide, ranging from Carnegie Hall in New York and the Royal Opera in Stockholm to the Globen (Avicii Arena). Stina Ekblad hardly needs further introduction, having won Svenska Dagbladet’s Thalia Prize in 2006, appeared in Ingmar Bergman’s film Fanny and Alexander, and frequently featured as a reciter in SVT’s cultural quiz show Kulturfrågan Kontrapunkt.

Performers:
Maria Matyazova, soprano
John Nalan, piano
Dmitry Tyapkin, piano
Stina Ekblad, actor

Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes, including intermission
Price: Regular 395 SEK / under 26 years 355 SEK / student 355 SEK

The performance is primarily aimed at adults, but children are also welcome.

Photos: John Nalan – Rikard Nilsson, Stina Ekblad – Mats Bäcker, Maria Matyazova – Emelie Kroon