Meanwhile, Peter Vermeersch was also commissioned by Gerard Mortier to write a big band opera on the libretto Heliogabal by Thomas Jonigk, with stage directions by Roy Faudré.
While Peter Vermeersch worked on a large-scale opera for Gerard Mortier, it was based on the libretto "Heliogabal" by Thomas Jonigk and had stage directions written by Roy Faudré.