Competition: Le prix europèen de mise-en-scène - proposed design and direction (Finalist)
Company: Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg
Venue: La Filature Mulhouse, Strasbourg
Director: Julia Pevzner
Dates: January - February 2003

In Marschner's opera Hans Heiling, two worlds conflict and differences between them and their values are exposed. On the one hand are the Queen of the under-earth and her courtiers - dwarves and gnomes - and on the other, the human beings, who they despise and loath. As a result of the lack understanding between these two worlds, the protagonist, the Queen's son, Hans, is trapped and unable break free from the rules that govern his environment. Our production is set in the early Romantic period, the 1820s or 30s (about the time Marschner was composing the work). The place suggests late-Georgian England, and the two worlds are represented by two social classes.