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Dates:
XXVII ŁSB / ROMEO & JULIET
Company:
Grand Theatre in Łódź
Ballet
Choreography:
Sasha Waltz
Composer:
Hector Berlioz
Author of the libretto:
Emile Deschamps based on William Shakespeare
Date of the premiere:
11.05.2024
Producers:
Choreography, direction:
Sasha Waltz
Musical direction:
Rafał Janiak
Set design:
Pia Maier Schriever, Thomas Schenk, Sasha Waltz
Costume design:
Bernd Skodzig
Lighting direction:
David Finn / Trui Malten
Choir preparation:
Rafał Wiecha
Assistant choreographers:
Renate Graziadei, Michal Mualem, Lorena Justribo-Manion, Davide di Pretoro, Jean-Michel Criqui
Ballet company rehearsal assistants:
Beata Brożek-Grabarczyk, Anna Krzyśków
Assistant musical director:
Maria Fuller, Marcin Mirowski
Assistant costume designer:
Kata Kwiatkowska
Stage managers:
Mariusz Caban, Karolina Filus
Dramatic symphony/ballet. Premiere as part of the XXVII Łódź Ballet Festival. A production of the Paris National Opera. The work is being carried out in the original, French language version.
Creating the choreography for Romeo and Juliet (2007), Sasha Waltz turned to one of the most poignant love stories in world literature. The tale of star-crossed lovers, whose families are enemies, and whose deaths bring understanding and reconciliation, is one of Shakespeare's most famous works. This dark tragedy inspired Hector Berlioz to compose the dramatic symphony Romeo and Juliet for three soloists, two large choruses, and orchestra. During the world premiere in 2007, stars Aurélie Dupont and Hervé Moreau danced the lovers who found each other only in death. In the fall of 2012, the Romeo and Juliet production joined the repertoire of Milan's La Scala.
In April 2015, the premiere of Romeo and Juliet took place in Berlin as a co-production of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, La Scala in Milan, and Sasha Waltz & Guests. There, for the first time, the choreography was danced by the dancers of the Sasha Waltz & Guests ensemble.
Currently, Sasha Waltz is preparing this production with the ballet ensemble of the Grand Theatre in Łódź.
Juliet:
Kata Ban, Karolina Urbaniak
Romeo:
Chase Vining, Joshua Legge
Friar Laurence:
Yuki Itaya, Koki Tachibana
Dancers:
Angela Albonetti, Alicja Bajorek, Emma Barrowclough, Valentyna Batrak, Maria Góralczyk, Izabella Grzybek, Gabriela Ignaszak, Claudie Lacquemanne, Kinga Łapińska, Sakurako Onodera, Monika Maciejewska-Potockas, Riho Okuno, Stanislava Pincekova, Laura Ryngajłło, Larisa Robles Zalevskaia, Julia Sadowska, Sonya Shteyn, Isotta Sellari, Oleksii Balitskyi, Nazar Botsiy, Brandon Demmers, Dawid Kucharski, Paweł Kurpiel, Fabian Michaux, Gintautas Potockas, Samuele Sciotto, Dominik Senator, Giuseppe Stancanelli, Emil Tamborski, Anton Arzhannikau
Solo Singers
Mezzo-soprano:
Iryna Zhytynska, Bernadetta Grabias
Tenor:
Adrian Domarecki, Dawid Kwieciński
Bass:
Daniel Mirosław, Rafał Pikała, Robert Ulatowski
Choir, Ballet, and Orchestra of the Grand Theatre in Łódź
Conductor:
Rafał Janiak
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