THE WALL

a chamber opera by Enrico Travalione

Conductor Dimitri Scarlato
Director Morten K. Roesen
Premier Minister – Ignat Zhelev
Vice Premier – Rik Willebroords
Paul – Ivaylo Yovchev
Duna – Amalia Lazarchuk
Doctor – Barnaby Beer

The content of the work depicts the problem of separation, created by politics. Its embodiment are the two ministers and the collective image of society presented by the young people Paul and Duna. They are patients in a psychiatric hospital, separated by a tall wall. The partition does not stop them from meeting and falling in love with each other. The very wall, made of transparent material, stretched across two frames, embodies their feelings and emotions. The audience can see only some parts of the bodies and actions of the young people – their hands and faces. The politicians comprehend their reactions as a field for different experiments, leading to violence. But they are not able to control their feelings. A moment comes when the impulse and attraction between them gives birth to a rebellion. It manifests itself in the destruction of the wall, which separates them. This cannot be tolerated by the politicians, who separate them again by putting the boy to sleep.

World premiere: 22 March 2017
Duration: 30 minutes