{"id":22133,"date":"2026-06-15T15:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/forestallningar\/performance-lecture-dilemmas-and-tragedies-in-the-gray-areas-of-healthcare\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:44:17","slug":"performance-lecture-dilemmas-and-tragedies-in-the-gray-areas-of-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/en\/programme\/performance-lecture-dilemmas-and-tragedies-in-the-gray-areas-of-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Lecture: Dilemmas and Tragedies in the Gray Areas of Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Popular science lecture with musical accompaniment<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Counterfeit medications, risky treatments, abuse, and exploitation. Susanne Lundin, professor of ethnology at Lund University, and Mats G. Hansson, professor of biomedical ethics at Uppsala University, have both studied the dilemmas, risks, and behaviors that exist in the shadow of the pharmaceutical industry and the gray areas of healthcare.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, they share real-life examples and fundamental insights on issues that affect us all\u2014from the opioid crisis in the U.S. to the debate surrounding Ozempic in the Nordic countries.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do we view the risks associated with new medical treatments, and are these risks communicated clearly enough? What would we do if we found ourselves in a situation where our only option was to seek an illegal treatment abroad? Are we aware of how many counterfeit medications are in circulation?\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And how should the doctor in the opera, Theresa Hart, act to save her daughter and all the others who have become hooked on Lucky Mack\u2019s carousel horses? Horses that can be interpreted as a dark metaphor for \u201chorse\u201d\u2014slang for heroin.\u202f \u202f The lecture is framed by thematically appropriate music by Missy Mazzoli and others, performed by pianist Jonas Olsson and tenor Jihan Shin.\u202f \u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lecture will be held on two occasions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, September 10, at Curiosum<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Science Lunch in collaboration with Ume\u00e5 University. Free admission; no reservation required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, September 12, at the Norrlandsoperan\u2014 <\/strong>an introductory talk in conjunction with the premiere. You\u2019ll need to reserve a free ticket for this talk (ticket link further down the page). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thank you very much!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many thanks to the Riksbank\u2019s Jubilee Fund\u2014RJ Art and Culture\u2014for making it possible for the Norrlands Opera to participate in the co-production of *The Galloping Cure*<\/a><\/em> and our collaboration with these two researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Susanne Lundin<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Ethnology at Lund University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mats G. Hansson<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Biomedical Ethics at Uppsala University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonas Olsson<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jihan Shin<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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