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Opernhaus Zürich

Sopran (+3)

Julie Fuchs

Julia

Tenor

Stephen Costello

Romeo

Bas (+5)

Nicolas Testé

Ojciec Laurenty

Baryton (+1)

Gregory Feldmann

Mercutio

Mezzosopran (+2)

Svetlina Stoyanova

Stefano

Tenor (+3)

Omer Kobiljak

Tybalt

Mezzosopran (+5)

Irène Friedli

Gertruda

Maximilian Lawrie

Benvolio

Orchestra

The Orchester der Oper Zürich

Dyrygent

Dyrygent (+1)

Timur Zangiev

Reżyseria

Reżyseria (+4)

Ted Huffman

Scenografia

Scenografia (+1)

Andrew Lieberman

Kostiumy

Annemarie Woods

Reżyseria światła

Reżyseria światła (+3)

Franck Evin

Przygotowanie chóru

Przygotowanie chóru (+3)

Ernst Raffelsberger

Choreograf

Choreograf (+1)

Pim Veulings

Dramaturgia

Fabio Dietsche

Bas (+4)

Chao Deng

Hrabia Capulet

Bas (+3)

Valeriy Murga

Hrabia

Bas - baryton (+4)

Samson Setu

Gregorio

Opernhaus

Baryton (+2)

Steffan Lloyd Owen

Parys

Chorus

Chor der Oper Zürich

Taniec

Alison Duarte

Dancers

Maarten Krielen

Davide Pillera

Roberto Tallarigo

Sina Friedli

Taniec (+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 The waltz – which was modern in Gounod’s on time – becomes, in Huffman’s interpretation, a symbol for a society with outdated values from which Roméo and Juliette must free themselves.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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