MEDIATHEK

Human lives are filled with the waiting.
 Human lives consist of small disconnected moments that are experienced one after another, but ultimately swing into a powerful wave that sweeps us back to the shore.
 The birth of the contemporary Lithuanian opera "To the Lighthouse" was due to inspiration by one of the most lucid pieces of writing - of the same title - by modernist author Virginia Woolf. The work has brought together a few talented artists: stage director Loreta Vaskova, the winner of the four "Golden Stage Crosses" - Lithuanian highest theatrical awards, composer Rita Mačiliūnaitė, and playwright Gabrielė Labanauskaitė. Each of them was peeling Woolf‘s novels from her own perspective, but eventually, they have combined their insights together. This process results in a long, thought-out timing of the opera and its distinctive tempo, along with the retained musicality of Woolf‘s text and the storyline.
 The plot of the opera "To the Lighthouse" is developing in the Ramsays‘ summer cottage located on an island. Here, they spend their vacations together with the guests, in filling their time with everyday activities and conversations. The space of the opera is overwhelmed not only by the maritime climate, but also by waiting. The characters are planning to go by boat to a lighthouse on the other shore, so they keep waiting for good weather. Their anxiety caused by the waiting runs as an underwater stream upon the peaceful surface of vacation sea.