While a roaring ball stirs up spirits inside, a boy and a girl meet on the sidelines – and fall in love at first sight. But because they belong to warring families, Romeo and Juliet's love may be immortal, but it is above all forbidden. The chamber opera by the German-Baltic composer Boris Blacher, written in 1943, condenses Shakespeare’s famous tragedy to its essence: the fate of Romeo and Juliet. Scenic miniatures conjure a foggy world hostile to love. Characters occasionally materialise like ghostly apparitions, while a Brechtian chansonnier comments with humour and with harshness on the failure of the greatest love story of all.
Manuel Schmitt
Director
Florian Simson
Jussi Myllys
Lavinia Dames
Katarzyna Kuncio
Günes Gürle
Andrés Sulbarán
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Love Happy58%
Silk Stockings68%
O'Dessa58%
A Night at the Opera74%
Song for Marion68%
One Chance66%
Battle of the Year67%
The Pirate65%
Dinner in America77%
Mo' Better Blues64%
Monster High: Boo York, Boo York77%
Too Late Blues63%
Captain EO79%
Power Ballad69%
Thriller Night68%
Footlight Parade68%
Arlo the Alligator Boy67%
Wild Style61%
Hounddog64%
