Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy is a 2001 opera created and commissioned by librettist-director Claes Fellbom with composer Sven-David Sandström, based on Ludvig Holberg's play, Jeppe of the Hill (Jeppe paa Bjerget eller den forvandlede Bonde), updated to a contemporary setting, with television as a major theme. Its creation was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Folkoperan, for which Fellbom is managing director. It ran there for more than forty performances. Fellbom translated his libretto into English and directed the first English language production at the Indiana University Bloomington School of Music in February 2003, where Sandström was on the faculty. This production ran four performances (7, 8, 14, 15), which is the standard run of all Indiana University opera productions.