Premiere: Romeo & Julia auf dem Dorfe

by Andrew Finden Posted on January 28, 2012

Tonight is the premiere of Delius’ rarity Romeo und Julie auf dem Dorfe (A villiage Rome and Juliet). The piece was written in both German and English versions, and had it’s world premiere in Berlin in 1907. It is based on the novella of Gottfried Keller. It has some incredible, lush music and this staging is inventive and simply beautiful to watch. I can say that as I’m not on stage! My part – one of the boatmen – is a melodious short part right near the end of the piece, sung off-stage.

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2 Responses to Premiere: Romeo & Julia auf dem Dorfe

  1. Gale Martin says:
    January 30, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    Thanks for introducing me to a new opera! Love the publicity photo. Are those the actual performers in the photo?

  2. Andrew Finden says:
    January 30, 2012 at 2:32 pm

    Hi Gale,

    yes, that’s Carsten Süß (Sali) and Stefania Dohvan (Vrenchen). Have a look at some of the performance photos too: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.289831394407547.68002.220446318012722&type=1