William

Kentridge’s

‘The

Great

Yes’

at

the

Wallis:

A

dazzling

meditation

on

a

world

out

of

kilter

“The Great Yes, the Great No” is a great title. And William Kentridge’s latest chamber opera, which is having its West Coast premiere at the Wallis in Beverly Hills, lives up to that title as one of the celebrated South African artist’s most astonishing works. Concept, direction, set and costume design, projections, video, text, music, choreography and performances by a vast company of singers, dancers, actors and equally vast creative team — all simply great.