‘An die ferne Geliebte’
Self-directed immersive opera scene
Madeira Home Beijing, May 2021



For their first wedding anniversary, Cicely and Wenhan have created an immersive experience at Madeira Home that breaks the distance between the stage and the audience, and is both commercially and artistically valuable. On the one side she sang the role of a woman who leads a disciplined life, experiencing love and life, while the other side, she portrays a male character who is always calling out to a distant lover and seems to be longing for a platonic, rationalistic love. When all the romance returns to reality, what is the pursuit and goal of love? Can the once imaginary soul mate still stand on spiritual ground and overcome the conflicts in the process of bonding?