Quick: when was the last time you saw an opera with hardly any men in it? In Ana Sokolović’s Svadba, the (virtual) curtain rises on a world which is beyond the male gaze – at least temporarily. It is the eve of a wedding. A bride, Milica, is surrounded by her wedding attendants, a group of friends and relatives. In this production, their actions take place under the watchful, caring eyes of the Ancestors, a group of female storytellers who guide their preparations for the festivities to come. From a cottage perched on land’s limit by the seashore, and on [...]