„There is no specific story on which this opera is based. There are texts specially written for this opera by director Robert Wilson, as well as texts selected by dramaturge Konrad Kuhn. All of them are related to the theme of snow, ice, the north, and a journey. R. Wilson’s texts are, I would say, quite surrealistic. When reading them, you enter a dream world and no longer understand how things are connected, but the dream atmosphere permeates so much that everything naturally connects,“ said the premiere’s composer, Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts laureate Žibuoklė Martinaitytė.
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Her dream to create an opera together with the famous R. Wilson was not destined to be fully realized, as the director did not live to see the premiere. Instead, Nicola Panzer, who worked with R. Wilson for 38 years, took over leading the team of “Inverted Reality” creators. This team included set designer Stephanie Engeln, costume designer Sarah Mittenbühler, lighting designer Marcello Lumaca, makeup and wig artist Manu Halligan, video projection artist Robert Pflanzas, and choreographer Alexis Fousekis, who also appeared on stage as a dancer on the premiere night.
The main roles in the first performance of “Inverted Reality” were performed by soloists Indyana Schneider, Tadas Girininkas, Monika Pleškytė, Viktoriia Zhytkova, Vladimiras Prudnikovas, Joana Gedmintaitė, Gabija Kušleikaitė, Šarūnas Šapalas, and the young singer Jokūbas Ardišauskas. The LNOBT choir was prepared for this production by Povilas Butkus.
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The premiere’s music director and conductor Modestas Pitrėnas, who devoted himself fully to the opera rehearsed for seven weeks, has said: „Ž. Martinaitytė constantly embarks on experiments, on a journey. The score of this opera is also a journey in search of sounds. Although the author has a distinctive style, each of her works is a different sound image. She travels through sounds, timbres, colors, and textures“.
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