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Bill Viola
Love/Death - The Tristan Project
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Bill Viola is essential for enthusiasts of contemporary art, opera, and multimedia performance, as well as admirers of innovative cultural collaborations. It will also appeal to those interested in the intersection of visual art and classical music within landmark productions.
The story of how a trinity of California-based creatives pushed the boundaries to re-imagine a radical Tristan und Isolde opera for our times, resulting in a sensational major body of artwork by visionary American artist Bill Viola
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In 2004, the opera scene was taken by storm by the ground-breaking production of Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde in Los Angeles.
This book offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the visionary American artist Bill Viola created four hours of video as a visual complement to this profound psychological drama. It also tells the story of its commissioning by the then Paris Opera director Gerard Mortier, who pushed the boundaries of what opera could be by inviting a trinity of California-based creatives to re-imagine a Tristan und Isolde for our times.
Having just opened the now iconic Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, this was a bold project for the Los Angeles Philharmonic to take on, but it was one which catapulted them into the world of music and breath-taking visuals. The fully staged opera that resulted has been seen in Paris, Toronto, Madrid, Tokyo, Kobe, and concert versions in LA, New York, Rotterdam, London, Helsinki, Stockholm, and St Petersburg. The revolutionary four-hour video and visuals created by Bill Viola to accompany this opera lives on through this beautifully illustrated book.
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ISBN: 9780300270174
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 10 October 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Illustration: 75 color illus.
Contributors:
- Edited by Kira Perov
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 219.0mm
Height: 279.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 128
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