De Nieuwe Kerk’s ‘Masterpieces’ series continues with two installations by video artist Bill Viola: Tristan’s Ascension and Fire Woman, on view at the church in central Amsterdam until 10 April 2015.

Viola created the two installations in 2005, for a version of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde – an opera telling the story of two people destined for each other but who could not be together. Presented subsequently on a special screen, the works are accompanied by Viola’s characteristic sound, varying from ambient silence to loud intense noise.