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Opernhaus Zürich

Sopraan (+3)

Julie Fuchs

Juliette

Tenor

Stephen Costello

Roméo

Bas (+5)

Nicolas Testé

Frère Laurent

Bariton (+1)

Gregory Feldmann

Mercutio

Mezzosopraan (+2)

Svetlina Stoyanova

Stéphano

Tenor (+3)

Omer Kobiljak

Tybalt

Mezzosopraan (+5)

Irène Friedli

Gertrude

Maximilian Lawrie

Benvolio

Orchestra

The Orchester der Oper Zürich

Dirigent

Dirigent (+1)

Timur Zangiev

Regisseur

Regisseur (+4)

Ted Huffman

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Andrew Lieberman

Kostuum ontwerper

Annemarie Woods

Licht ontwerper

Licht ontwerper (+3)

Franck Evin

Koor meester

Koor meester (+3)

Ernst Raffelsberger

Choreograaf

Choreograaf (+1)

Pim Veulings

Dramaturg

Fabio Dietsche

Bas (+4)

Chao Deng

Comte Capulet

Bas (+3)

Valeriy Murga

Le Duc

Bas-bariton (+4)

Samson Setu

Grégorio

Opernhaus

Bariton (+2)

Steffan Lloyd Owen

Pâris

Chorus

Chor der Oper Zürich

Danser

Alison Duarte

Dancers

Maarten Krielen

Davide Pillera

Roberto Tallarigo

Sina Friedli

Danser (+1)

Sara Peña

Elena Paltracca

Oriana Zeoli

Extras

Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zürich

Romeo und Juliette are social outsiders in a world full of strict conventions. In Charles Gounod’s French setting of this famous love story, the young pair meets at a lavish ball. Juliette, who is sheltered by her father, opens with lively waltz «Je veux vivre», while Roméo and his friends have snuck into their rivals’ party. It’s love at first sight, and the beginning of their fateful affair. The intense passion that develops between the two is at the center of Gounod’s Romantic opera: Four grand duets mark the path from love’s first bloom to the tragic deaths that the two experience as redemption.
American stage director Ted Huffman sets Gounod’s opera, which first appeared on stage at the 1867 Paris Exhibition world’s fair, on a simple dance floor. The waltz – which was modern in Gounod’s on time – becomes, in Huffman’s interpretation, a symbol for a society with outdated values from which Roméo and Juliette must free themselves. As in his «exceptionally harmonious» Madama Butterfly, here Huffman proves to be a «fine draftsman of gestures, moods and glances» pulling focus «even more towards the emotional tensions between the lovers», according to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
As in the premiere run, Julie Fuchs is Juliette. Tenor Stephen Costello, who last appeared here as Roberto Devereux, bows as Roméo.

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