love is a rebellious bird

chamber opera in five scenes /
Finnish National Opera 2026

you're gonna think about me when you're dying / du wirst an mich denken wenn du am sterben bist / penserai a me quando morirai / tu penseras a moi quand tu morras 

love is a rebellious bird is a ritual between carmen’s death and rebirth. a flock of black birds guides the audience through a haunted opera experience. the birds deliver messages between darkness and light and sing of love and death at the dawn of a new world

libretto: carmen baltzar

direction: sara melleri & carmen baltzar

music: sid hille