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  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
  • Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves
    Karlsson on the Roof: Estonian National Opera, © Photo: Kaur Ilves

Karlsson on the Roof

About the Event

A funny and warm musical based on the novel by Astrid Lindgren.

Karlsson is a handsome, thoroughly clever, perfectly plump man in his prime. He lives on the roof behind a chimney, he has a propeller on his back and there is a sign on his door: “Karlsson on the roof. The world’s best Karlsson”. And no one can debate that!
Stage Director Ain Mäeots creates a home for characters like Miss Bock, the scallywags Cosh and Ruffy and a lonely little boy who is looking for something or someone special in his life and who gets exactly that: the world's best Karlsson!

The librettist Wimberg and composer Tauno Aints have turned Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children’s story into a funny and warm musical.

Cast / Production

Conductors: Kaspar Mänd, Lauri Sirp
Stage Director: Ain Mäeots
Designer: Iir Hermeliin
Choreographer: Andre Laine
Lighting Designer: Anton Kulagin

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