In 2004, the opera scene was taken by storm by the innovative production of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde in Los Angeles.
This book documents the groundbreaking four-hour video created for the opera by Bill Viola and illustrates the artworks and installations for the exhibition series Love/Death: The Tristan Project.
Moreover, it tells the story of the commission placed by Gérard Mortier, then director of the Paris Opera, who pushed the limits of opera by inviting a trio of Californian creators to re