Rocc (opera stage director)
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Born | Rok Rappl 14 December 1979 |
Other names | Rocc |
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Website | rocc |
Rocc (born Rok Rappl, 14 December 1979 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian-born opera stage director, scenic designer, dramaturge, performance artist, opera manager and pedagogue. His mononymous pseudonym is a tribute to Marie Mrázková , Rocc's professor of stage acting and his life mentor.
Biography[edit]
Rocc studied opera stage directing at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, Czech Republic (1998–2003, Master of Arts), followed up by postgraduate studies in scenography at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Zurich, Switzerland (2003–2005, Executive Master), and with rosalie at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main, Germany (2005–2006). He was granted a scholarship by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, as well as receiving support from the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Rocc has staged more than 60 opera productions at the National Operas in Prague,[1] Brno, Ostrava, Ljubljana and Riga, Wrocław Opera, Opera Bergen and elsewhere. His projects have been presented at several international festivals, such as Ljubljana Festival, Janáček Brno Festival, Moravian Autumn Music Festival in Brno , OPERA Festival in Prague, Prague Quadrennial, Warsaw Autumn Festival of Contemporary Music, Festival of Sacred Music in Pordenone, ISCM World Music Days, Bergen International Festival, Audio Art Festival in Cracow, Day of the Composer in the Netherlands, Exposition of New Music Festival in Brno. Rocc has a special affinity for contemporary opera combining alternative sound, performing and installation arts, new media and site-specific projects. Since 2013 he has been the initiator and Artistic Director of Concept operapovera, an ensemble focused on contemporary and experimental music-theatre aesthetics.[2]
In the 2007/2008 season Rocc held the post of Dramaturge of the Slovenian National Opera in Maribor. The 2008/2009 season saw him as Deputy Artistic Director and Dramaturge of the Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno, in 2009–2011 he was Artistic Director of the Janáček Opera and a member of the Programme Board of the International Janáček Brno Festival.[3] In 2011–2013 he was Artistic Director of the Prague State Opera, which has been affiliated with the National Opera in Prague since 2012. In 2013–2019 he was Artistic Director of the Slovenian National Opera in his hometown Ljubljana.[4]
Rocc is also active as a pedagogue of opera stage directing and opera acting[5] and as a member of professional juries.
Recognitions[edit]
- 2018 Recognition for important works of art, the highest artistic title of the University of Ljubljana, which is equivalent to the scientific title of Doctor of Science[6]
- 2020 Recognition of the Mayor of the Municipality of Litija on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of artistic activities[7]
Productions[edit]
- 1999 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La serva padrona, Janáček Academy in Brno (Chamber Opera)
- 2002 Alessandro Scarlatti: L'amor generoso, Janáček Academy in Brno (Chamber Opera)
- 2003 Ernst Toch: The Princess and the Pea, National Opera Ljubljana
- 2004 Josef Berg: Euphrides in Front of the Gates of Tymenas , Janáček Academy in Brno (Studio 09)
- 2004 Josef Berg: Breakfast at the Schlankenwald Castle , Janáček Academy in Brno (Studio 09)
- 2004 Markéta Dvořáková & Ivo Medek : Dead? (world premiere), National Theatre Prague (Estates Theatre)
- 2005 Vít Zouhar: The Days of the Nights (world premiere), National Theatre Brno (Reduta Theatre)
- 2007 Tomáš Hanzlík: Lacrimae Alexandri Magni (world premiere), National Theatre Prague (Estates Theatre)
- 2008 Philip Glass: Beauty and the Beast, National Theatre Brno (Reduta Theatre)
- 2008 Michal Košut: Macbeth (world premiere), Brno International Music Festival (Reduta Theatre)
- 2009 Joseph Haydn: Lo speziale, National Opera Ljubljana & Ljubljana Festival (Ljubljana Castle – open-air)
- 2010 Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola, National Theatre Brno (Mahen Theatre)
- 2010 Leoš Janáček: Šárka, National Theatre Ostrava
- 2010 Bohuslav Martinů: Ariane, National Theatre Ostrava
- 2010 Peter Šavli : The Swineherd (world premiere), National Opera Ljubljana & Cankar Centre (Linhart Hall)
- 2011 Vít Zouhar & Tomáš Hanzlík: La Dafne (world premiere), National Theatre Brno (Reduta Theatre)[8]
- 2011 Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, Opera Bergen (Bergenhus Fortress – open-air)
- 2011 Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi, Opera Bergen (Bergenhus Fortress – open-air)
- 2012 Richard Strauss: Elektra, National Theatre Brno (Janáček Theatre)
- 2012 Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Miserly Knight, Opera Bergen (Den Nationale Scene)
- 2012 Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, Opera Bergen (Den Nationale Scene)
- 2012 Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande, National Theatre Prague
- 2013 Benjamin Britten: Let's Make an Opera! The Little Sweep, National Opera Riga[9]
- 2013 Richard Wagner: Lohengrin, National Theatre Ostrava
- 2013 Giacomo Puccini: La bohème, Opera Bergen (Markusplassen – open-air)
- 2014 Ivo Medek & Markéta Dvořáková: Alice in Bed (world premiere), National Theatre Brno (Reduta Theatre)
- 2014 Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, Opera Bergen (Bergenhus Fortress – open-air)
- 2014 Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Opera Bergen (Bergenhus Fortress – open-air)
- 2014 Andrew Yin Svoboda: Martin Středa, operapovera (Janáček Academy in Brno - Chamber Hall)
- 2015 Milko Lazar : The Tenth Daughter (world premiere), National Opera Ljubljana[10]
- 2015 Vít Zouhar & Rocc: Echo–Metamorphoses I (opera-installation, world premiere), operapovera & PQ 2015 (Czech Museum of Music in Prague)
- 2015 Georges Bizet: Carmen, Opera Bergen (Bergenhus Fortress – open-air)
- 2015 Grigory Frid: The Diary of Anne Frank, National Opera Ljubljana (Stage -3)[11]
- 2015 Grigory Frid: The Diary of Anne Frank, Opera Bergen & operapovera (Den Nationale Scene – Little Stage)
- 2016 Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Opera Bergen & Bergen International Festival (Den Nationale Scene)[12]
- 2016 Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa, operapovera & Janáček Brno Festival (Orlí Theatre)
- 2016 Leoš Janáček: The Diary of One Who Disappeared, operapovera & Janáček Brno Festival (Orlí Theatre)
- 2017 Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, National Opera Ljubljana & Wrocław Opera[13]
- 2017 Vít Zouhar & Rocc: Echo–Metamorphoses II (opera-ambient, world premiere), operapovera (Czech Museum of Music in Prague)
- 2018 Georges Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, Opera Bergen (Sentralbadet)[14]
- 2018 Ana Sokolović: Love Songs, Slovenian Chamber Music Theatre & operapovera (The Old Power Station in Ljubljana)[15]
- 2018 Emil Viklický: The Ploughman and Death, Festival Opera Schrattenbach in Olomouc (Hus Congregational House)
- 2019 Milko Lazar : code L (world premiere), National Opera Ljubljana[16]
- 2019 Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata, Opera Bergen (Grieg Hall)[17]
- 2019 Vít Zouhar & Rocc: Echo–Metamorphoses III (Gardens of Life, world premiere), PQ 2019 & operapovera (Exhibition Grounds Prague)[18]
- 2019 Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Le veglie ossequiose, Olomouc Baroque Festival (Theatrum Schrattenbach)
- 2019 Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Die sieben Alter stimmen zusammen, Olomouc Baroque Festival (Theatrum Schrattenbach)
- 2019 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, Opera Bergen (University Aula in Bergen)[19]
- 2019 Sára Medková, Vít Zouhar, Ivo Medek & Carmina Escobar: MarISHA (world premiere), Festival Meetings of New Music Plus in Brno (Orlí Theatre)[20]
- 2020 Aleš Makovac: Julija (world premiere), Janez Trdina Cultural Centre in Novo mesto[21]
- 2020 Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Opera Bergen (Bergenhus Fortress – open-air)[22]
- 2020 Stephen McNeff: Beyond the Garden (world premiere), Slovenian Chamber Music Theatre, operapovera & Cankar Centre (Štih Hall)[23]
- 2021 Tina Mauko : The Little Match Girl (world premiere), Slovenian Chamber Music Theatre (The Old Power Station in Ljubljana)[24]
- 2021 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Il Davide, Festival Hortus Magicus Kroměříž (Kroměříž Castle – open-air) & Olomouc Baroque Festival (The Holy Hill)[25]
- 2021 Igor Stravinsky: Apollon musagète & Oedipus rex, National Opera Ljubljana[26]
- 2021 Ivo Medek , Sára Medková & Vít Zouhar: TiAmo (world premiere), Audio Art Festival in Kraków (Academy of Music in Kraków – Concert Hall)[27]
- 2022 Georg Friederich Händel: Agrippina, Academy of Music in Ljubljana & Cankar Centre (Linhart Hall)[28]
- 2022 Bedřich Smetana: The Two Widows, National Theatre Ostrava[29]
- 2022 Petra Strahovnik: BallerinaBallerina (world premiere), Ensemble Modelo62 (Theater De Vaillant in The Hague)[30]
- 2022 Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Opera Bergen (Grieg Hall)[31]
- 2022 Ivo Medek , Sára Medková & Vít Zouhar: Sara'smile (world premiere), Exposition of New Music Festival in Brno (Orlí Theatre)[32]
- 2022 Dan Dlouhý, Michal Indrák, Martin Švec, Kristýna Švihálková & Otto Wanke : ONI (world premiere), Festival Meetings of New Music Plus in Brno (Orlí Theatre)[33]
- 2022 David Ryan, Vít Zouhar & Rocc: I-ME (world premiere), Slovenian Chamber Music Theatre (Atrium of the City Museum of Ljubljana)[34]
References[edit]
- ^ "Rocc profile". narodni-divadlo.cz. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Concept operapovera". operapovera.eu (in Czech). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ Markéta Stulírová, "Šéf opery Rocc: Cítím se jako Brňan". brnensky.denik.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Rocc profile". opera.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Rocc profile". ag.uni-lj.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Najvišja umetniška priznanja Univerze v Ljubljani v letu 2018 v roke 27 prejemnikom". uni-lj.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Priznanje župana Občine Litija". litija.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Free reconstruction of first ever opera La Dafne has world premiere". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Let's Make an Opera! The Little Sweep – Latvian National Opera". classictic.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ STA, "Contemporary Opera Opens in Ljubljana". sloveniatimes.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Grigori Frid: New Version of The Diary of Anne Frank Given World Premiere". sikorski.de. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "The Barber of Seville" (PDF). operabergen.no. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Fidelio". opera.wroclaw.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Perlefiskerne". operabergen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Ljubezenske pesmi". skgg.eu (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "code L". opera.si. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "La traviata". operabergen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Robe supports Prague Quadrennial 2019". lsionline.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Così fan tutte". operabergen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "MarISHA". divadlonaorli.jamu.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Opera Julija". kcjt.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Madama Butterfly". operabergen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Onkraj vrta". skgg.eu (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Deklica z vžigalicami". skgg.eu (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Karl Ditters: David". volantes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Apollon musagète / Oedipus rex". opera.si. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "TiAmo" (PDF). audio.art.pl. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Agrippina". cd-cc.si. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "The Two Widows". ndm.cz. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "BallerinaBallerina". modelo62.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Bajazzo og Cavalleria Rusticana". operabergen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Sara'smile". filharmonie-brno.cz. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "ONI". divadlonaorli.jamu.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "I-ME". skgg.eu (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 December 2022.