Roméo et Juliette at The State Opera

Dates: (4/21/2016 - 6/16/2016 )

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The State Opera

Wilsonova 4
Praha 1,Praha 1 110 00

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In his youth, the French composer Charles Gounod (1818–1893) said that “one can only make a successful musical career by composing operas”. Of the 13 operas he wrote, two went on to gain global recognition: Faust and Roméo et Juliette. Since its premiere at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris on 27 April 1867, Gounod’s setting of the immortal story of the Verona lovers has enjoyed ever-increasing popularity. The librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré did not draw upon Shakespeare’s feted tragedy directly but its French adaptation by the poet Gérard de Nerval. Hence, the action also contains a few situations not found in Shakespeare’s play, for instance, Juliette’s aria “Ah! Je veux vivre”, which Gounod additionally composed upon the request of the French soprano Marie Miolan-Carvalho (1827–1895), the first to portray the role. Owing to Bed?ich Smetana, a great champion of Gounod’s music, Roméo et Juliette got to Prague merely two years after its world premiere, and its Czech staging at the New Town Theatre, with Smetana conducting, was the very first in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The National Theatre first presented the opera on 6 January 1886, in Emanuel František Züngel’s Czech translation. Our most recent production (1994–2000) was created by the Slovak director Jozef Bednárik. The new production at the State Opera will be staged by the Slovak director and performance artist Sláva Daubnerová, who recently dazzled the Prague audience with her treatment of Shostakovich’s one-acters Orango and Antiformalist Rayok.

Cast and Creative team for Roméo et Juliette at The State Opera

Libretto: Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
Musical preparation: Marco Guidarini
Conductor: Marco Guidarini
Stage director: Sláva Daubnerová
Sets: Juraj Kuchárek
Costumes: Martin Kotú?ek
Motion cooperation: Stanislava Vl?eková
Light-design: Daniel Tesa?
Video: Lukáš Kodo?
Chorus master: Adolf Melichar
Dramaturgy: Jitka Slavíková

Juliette

Kate?ina Kn?žíková
Jana Šrejma Ka?írková

Romeo

Aleš Briscein
Martin Šrejma

Lorenzo

Oleg Korotkov
Roman Vocel

Mercutio

Ji?í Brückler
Igor Loškár

Stéphano

Jana Horáková Levicová
Št?pánka Pu?álková

Tybalt

Václav Sibera

Gertrude

Sylva ?mugrová
Jana Sýkorová

Capulet

Martin Bárta
Miguelangelo Cavalcanti

Ruler of Verona

Ivo Hrachovec
Lukáš Hynek-Krämer

Paris

Libor Novák
Peter Pale?ek

Gregorio

Mat?j Chadima
Martin Matoušek

Benvolio

Michal Bragagnolo
Ond?ej Socha

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