October 2018
World Premiere of new opera by Rufus Wainwright
Directed by Peter Hinton
Libretto by Daniel McIvor
Set Design by Michael Gianfrancesco
Lighting Design by Bonnie Beecher
Costumes by Gillian Gallow
Projection Designs by Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy
A combination of Particle Animation, videographic effects and layered projection mapping, allowed us to place each Act within a living visual landscape as the memories of Antinous dissolve as the sands of time form the moon and stars, which then fall to become the ever-changing river Nile. The fullsome moon becomes blinkered to hide vengence and deceit at the hands of the gods.
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