Roméo et Juliette, Dress Rehearsal, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg 7. Aug 2010

Today it has been the dress rehearsal of Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" which will be premiered on 10. Aug 2010 at the Salzburger Festspiele 2010, starring Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala in the title roles.

The production is drected by Bartlett Sher and it was first performed at the Salzburger Festspiele 2008. Anna Netrebko was scheduled to sing those performances opposite Rolando Villazón, but she withdraw due to pregnancy of her son Tiago being replaced by Nino Machaidze. A DVD of those performances was later released by Deutsche Grammophon.

Opera performances of Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" at the Salzburger Festspiele 2010, with Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala in the title roles, are scheduled on 10., 13., 16., 20. and 23. August 2010.

Charles Gounod • Roméo et Juliette

Opera in five acts

Text by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet

Dress rehearsal

Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg 7. Aug 2010

LEADING TEAM

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Bartlett Sher, Stage Director

Michael Yeargan, Set Design

Catherine Zuber, Costume Design

Jennifer Tipton, Lighting

Chase Brock, Choreography

B. H. Barry, Battle scenes

Thomas Lang, Chorus Master

CAST

Anna Netrebko, Juliette

Piotr Beczala, Roméo

Mikhail Petrenko, Frère Laurent

Darren Jeffery, Le Comte Capulet

Russell Braun, Mercutio, friend of Roméo

Cora Burggraaf, Stéphano, page of Roméo

Michael Spyres, Tybalt, nephew of Capulet

Susanne Resmark, Gertrude, nurse of Juliet

David Soar, Le Duc de Vérone

Mathias Hausmann, Le Comte Paris

Andrei Bondarenko, Grégorio

Adrian Strooper, Benvolio, nephew of Montaigu

Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus

Photos

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Darren Jeffrey (Le Comte Capulet). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Piotr Beczala (Roméo), Robert Murray (Benvolio), Russell Braun (Mercutio), Cora Burggraaf (Page of Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

ORF, Austrian television, presents worldwide exclusively the film "Anna Netrebko - West-Eastern Diva" on 9. Aug 2010

ORF, Austrian television, presents worldwide exclusively the film "Anna Netrebko - West-Eastern Diva" on 9. Aug 2010 at 10:30 PM (CET), one-day before of the Salzburg premiere of Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" starring Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala, making his role debut as Roméo, in the title roles.

The film of Russian director Anna Mitrokhina presents an insight in the private life of Anna Netrebko, showing private scenes as you have never seen before, away from the glamour and stardom, such as scenes of Anna Netrebko in love with her husband, the Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott, in Salzburg, Anna Netrebko singing folk songs in the garden of the house of her parents in Krasnodar, Anna Netrebko cooking with her sister Natasha in her new home in Wien or Anna Netrebko together with her cute son Tiago.

"For me it was a great opportunity to make this film about her. Anna also agreed and so we worked ten months together in this great project." said the Russian director Anna Mitrokhina.

In this new production, Anna Netrebko not only talks about her private life, but also about her relationship with the public.

Copyright notice: Photos shown above have been kindly provided by ORF and are only free to promote the above mentioned film. Any further use is strictly prohibited.

This is a short preview of the film:


The film "Anna Netrebko - West-Eastern Diva":

World premiere presentation of the cookbook "Die Oper kocht" in Salzburg on 5. August 2010

The world premiere presentation of the new cookbook "Die Oper kocht" will take place in a Benefit Gala Dinner supporting the SOS-Kinderdorf, Clearing-house Salzburg, which will be held at the Schloss Leopoldskron, Leopoldskronstraße 56, Salzburg on 5. August 2010, 19:00.

The cookbook has been written by Evelyn Rillé and Johannes Ifkovits and several world opera stars, such as Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, René Pape, Simon Keenlyside, Piotr Beczala, Jonas Kaufmann, Roberto Alagna, Annette Dasch, Nino Machaidze, Diana Damrau, Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Barbara Bonney, Deborah Voigt, Tamar Iveri, Joyce DiDonato, Angelika Kirchschlager, Natalia Ushakova, Aleksandra Kurzak, Ekaterina Bakanova, José Carreras or Neil Shicoff, have contributed with their own recipes. Graphics have been designed by Catherine Pisaroni. The book contains 272 pages and it has been edited by Rifko.

This is a videoclip of the "Making of":

Tickets for the Gala dinner cost 300 EUR and include a 8 course meal, a copy of the cookbook "Die Oper kocht" and a gift from Montblanc.

At the Benefit Gala Dinner, world opera stars will cook their favorite recipes from the cookbook and chefs and supporting international winemakers will offer their wines.

Menu:

Nino Machaidze - Lobiani, Syrah 2007, Lammershoek

Anna Netrebko - Borschtsch, Barbera d'Asti 2007, Braida

Ferruccio Furlanetto - Wasabi-Risotto mit Rotbarben, Der Schrammler Grand Cuvèe 2008, Wieninger

Renè Pape - Sächsischer Sauerbraten mit Klöße und Rotkraut, 2004, Château Cos d'Estournel

Babara Bonney - Steaks mit Kartoffelgratin, 2001. Château Musar

Piotr Beczala - Apfelkuchen, Grand Cuvée 2007, Kracher

Joyce DiDonato - Zimtschnecken, Aszú 2005, Szepsy

Aleksandra Kurzak - Pflaumenkuchen, Portwein 1990, Niepoort

Dresscode: Cocktaildress, Anzug

Galaprogramm:

19.00 Uhr: Cocktail

19.45 Uhr: Mamorsaal, »Die Oper kocht« Making Of

20.00 Uhr: Galadinner der Opernstars

Videoclip of the presentation of the cookbook "Die Oper kocht" from ORF 2: