29 - MELANCHOLIA – FUNDAMENTS OF NEW OPERA

We go behind the scenes as the new all-night opera Melancholia is being created –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ an opera based on Lars von Trier’s film. The composer Mikael Karlsson and his team seek to break with traditions and find new ways, but which elements of an opera are impossible to leave out? We join the artistic team’s first meeting, listen to the star singers’ intense rehearsals and follow the stage technicians' unexpected solutions all the way to the opening of the curtains.