MUSIC BY STEFAN CWIK
LIBRETTO BY TONY ASARO

Glen Gould and Bunny Laden are the Production Sponsors for the workshop of Solaris
in Honor of Maestro Joseph Marchesos Decade of Artistry and Leadership to Opera San José

In Solaris, Dr. Kris Kelvin arrives at a space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris in response to a distress signal, only to find the crew in psychological turmoil. He soon learns that the planet has the ability to materialize physical manifestations from the subconscious minds of those aboard. When Kelvin is confronted by a replica of his deceased wife, Rheya, he is forced to relive buried trauma and question the boundaries between memory and reality. As the station’s crew grapples with the moral and existential implications of these “visitors,” tensions escalate, culminating in a haunting exploration of grief, perception, and the unknown forces of the universe.