UNANDER-SCHARIN, CARL - TOKFURSTEN - THE KING OF FOOLS (2CD)

"Tokfursten - The King of Fools - is a new Swedish opera based on Elgard Jonsson's book about his remarkable recovery from what was consisted incurable Schizophrenia. "I want to show that it is possible to walk out of the darkness and into reality". The opera was commissioned in 1996 by Vadstena-Akademien with support from Rikskonserter. (label info)