(Credit: © 2013 Yiorgos Kaplanidis) On July 31, 2025, Legendary director Robert Wilson died at the age of 83 from a short illness. He died at his home in Water Mill, New York. Born in Waco, Texas, Wilson was the son of Loree Velma and D.M. Wilson and had a difficult youth as the gay son of a conservative family. {…}
Robert Wilson has won Japan’s 2023 Praemium Imperiale Awards. The Praemium Imperiale is a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association. It was inaugurated in 1988 and has become a mark of the arts. It awards candidates in five fields: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music and Theatre/Film. Wilson has won theater/film award alongside painter Vija Celmins, sculpturist Olafur {…}
(Credit: Allan Richard Tobis) Russian lyric coloratura soprano Elena Tsallagova is a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She has performed on a number of the biggest opera stages in the world, including Opéra National de Paris and Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Known for her deep vocal versatility and theatrical prowess, Tsallagova has performed title {…}
Few directors in the opera world are quite as iconic as Robert Wilson. While his style, with its cool color palettes and calculated and slow movements that look like pantomime, may not be for everyone, there is no denying that he has a clear vision for how he sees theater. He’s worked a nearly any major theater organization you can {…}
