Opera News, April 1st, 2007
"The Tristan Project" - a collaborative exploration of Wagner's opera by Peter Sellars and video artist Bill Viola - returns to Los Angeles this month and arrives in New York in May. "One of the great things about Wagner's Tristan is that it truly is unstageable," director Peter Sellars volunteers. He then roars with laughter. It's funny because, to a certain extent, it's true. But it's also funny because Sellars, in his own fashion, is doing it anyway. "The Tristan Project," an open-ended, touring amalgam of concert and staged performances, has had two constant elements in Bill Viola's vide...
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