Synopsis
- 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.”
A Coproduction with Teatro alla Scala di Milano and Sasha Waltz & Guests
Conductor: Donald Runnicles; Choreographer: Sasha Waltz; With Ronnita Miller, Thomas Blondelle, Nicolas Courjal, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Crew
- Director: Sasha Waltz
- Costume Design: Bernd Skodzig
- Production Design: Pia Maier Schriever, Thomas Schenk
- Score: Donald Runnicles, Hector Berlioz, William Spaulding
- Associate producer: Ruth Tromboukis
