The Old man and the sea

Photo gallery

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Šilec Petek

Photo: Dorian Silec Petek

Photo: Jill Steinberg

Photo: Jill Steinberg

Photo: Jill Steinberg

Photo: Jill Steinberg

Photo: Jill Steinberg

Photo: Jill Steinberg

Photo: Jill Steinberg

Photo: Jill Steinberg

Photo: Jill Steinberg

About the project

Press

... An Avant-Garde Take on Hemingway ... (Cultural Cabinet) 

What a Show! Weird, Beautiful, Wonderful, Bizarre! (Triangle Review)

Dazzling Operatic Adaptation (Culumbus underground)

potent a theatrical presentation (Culumbus underground)

     This opera is edgy and surreal, a fish stew of amazing voices, music, and oddities....a game-changer. (Triangle Review)

 

  ... The Old Man and the Sea is far from a traditional opera. Everything in the following one hundred minutes confirms that ... (Cultural Cabinet)

 ... is a fresh take on Hemingway’s story. It teases out themes of the work — religion, aging, our relationship with the ocean — in an interesting new way. Whether you’re a fan of the novella or not, The Old Man and the Sea will make you see Hemingway’s work in a whole new light ... (Cultural Cabinet)

... The staging fluctuates between unnerving stillness and a lot happening at once ... (Cultural Cabinet)

... unique set design by Dorian Šilec Petek ... (Cultural Cabinet)

     ... What appears to be a big fish story is really an avant-guarde examination of Ernest Hemingway's life, aging, mortality, and humanity's complicated relationship with nature. This is no linear telling of a fish tale, however. The Old Man and the Sea opera is an avant-guarde swirl, a fever-dream of sights and sounds, and a visual feast meant to lure the audience into its net... (Triangle review)

      ...The set itself is a modern masterpiece. Inky, ethereal images act as a backdrop for modern motion. ...Kudos to set designer Dorian Šilec, lighting designer Andrej Hajdinjak, and sound designer Garth MacAleavey. They have created a marvel in the style of Cirque du Soleil's "O". (Triangle review)

 

... made me both want to read the source material for the first time in 25 years and never reread it because I don’t think it would live up to my memories of this night. It also made me wish I were free to see the opera another couple of times because it’s so packed with visuals and subtleties. (Culumbus underground)