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Romeo and Juliet at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Dates: (9/2/2016 - 9/6/2016 )

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Deutsche Oper Berlin


Bismarckstr. 35
Berlin,Berlin 10627

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Tickets: €29.00 - €95.00

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Since its world premiere on 24th November 1839 at the Paris Conservatory, Berlioz’ dramatic symphony “Roméo et Juliette” has secured its reputation as one of the most important, genre-overlapping symphonic works of the 19th century. Written not long after Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in D minor op. 125, it had a seminal effect on composers such as Gustav Mahler, whose grand choral symphonies would be unimaginable without Berlioz’ expansion of the musical vocabulary, and Richard Wagner, who was present at the last of the three premiere performances of the “Symphonie dramatique” in Paris. Not known for his verbal reticence, Wagner was at first speechless: “I was lost in sound, hearing things that were quite new to me and which I now had to get my head around.” He was particularly taken by the “fantastic boldness and sharp precision” and “audacious combinations” of a work that was by turns symphony, cantata, ballet music and opera. Over 20 years later he sent Berlioz the first print of his TRISTAN AND ISOLDE score with the following dedication: “To the dear and great author of Roméo et Juliette”.

Sasha Waltz’ 2007 production of ROMEO ET JULIETTE for the Opéra National de Paris was the Berlin choreographer’s third work for the opera stage after DIDO AND AENEAS [2005] and MEDEA [2007], new versions of which she later produced for Milan and Berlin. Inspired by Berlioz’ theatre music, her choreography explores the interplay of love and death and presents a tragic fate that still allows for hope. For their respective families the sacrifice of the young lovers means the chance of a new beginning: “The dance of death becomes a dance of life.”

Cast and Creative team for Romeo and Juliet at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Conductor
Stéphane Denève
Stage director and Choreographer
Sasha Waltz
Stage design
Pia Maier Schriever
Thomas Schenk
Sasha Waltz
Costume design
Bernd Skodzig
Light design
David Finn
Chorus Master
Raymond Hughes
Mezzosoprano
Ronnita Miller
Tenor
Thomas Blondelle
Basso
Marko Mimica
Chorus
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orchestra
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Dancer
Sasha Waltz & Guests
Repetition
Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola
Luc Dunberry
Renate Graziadei
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