Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) is an opera in two acts by composer Sebastian Fagerlund, with a Swedish libretto by Gunilla Hemming [sv] based on the screenplay for the 1978 film of the same name by Ingmar Bergman.
[3] On 27 October 2018. the Finnish National Opera and the premiere production cast performed a concertante version of Autumn Sonata at the Baltic Sea Festival in the Berwald Hallen in Stockholm, Sweden.
[10] Göran Forsling wrote in Seen and Heard International: "Sebastian Fagerlund has created a colorful score that powerfully comments, underlines and punctuates the text.
"[11] Reviewer Martin Lim wrote in the South China Morning Post: "Opera Autumn Sonata, adapted from the original Swedish film, is an explosion of musical color ...".
[12] Andrew Mellor reviewed the CD recording of Autumn Sonata in Gramophone: "Fagerlund's brooding, tension-ridden score is excellent at differentiating between Charlotte (her music all uppity and precious) and Eva (lost in a sea of loneliness and emotional damage) and grinding those elements together to deliver the opera's sucker punches.