Rocc (opera stage director) explained

Rocc
Birth Name:Rok Rappl
Birth Date:14 December 1979
Birth Place:Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
Alias:Rocc

Rocc (born Rok Rappl, 14 December 1979 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian-born opera and music theatre stage director, scenic designer, dramaturge, performance artist, opera manager and pedagogue. His mononymous pseudonym is a tribute to, Rocc's professor of stage acting and his life mentor.

Biography

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 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.

He has staged more than 70 different productions in Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Norway, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Great Britain, Israel and the USA. He has worked with opera houses in Ljubljana, Prague,[1] Brno, Ostrava, Pilsen, Riga, Wrocław, with the Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, with the Grieg Hall and the National Theatre in Bergen, with the Ljubljana's Cankar Centre, with the Jerusalem Centre for the Performing Arts and elsewhere. His projects have been presented at several international festivals, such as ISCM World Music Days, Ljubljana Festival, Bergen International Festival,, Musica Bayreuth, Prague Quadrennial, OPERA Festival in Prague, Janáček Brno Festival,,, New Opera Days Ostrava, Exposition of New Music Festival in Brno, Year of Czech Music 2024, Smetana Opera Cycle Ostrava 2024, project in the Czech Republic, Warsaw Autumn Festival of Contemporary Music, Audio Art Festival in Kraków, Festival of Sacred Music in Pordenone, Day of the Composer in the Netherlands, Jerusalem Lyric Opera Festival, Festival of Czech Music in Texas. His work has also been broadcast on OperaVision,[2] a global online opera streaming platform. 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.[3]

In the 2007/2008 season he 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.[4] 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.[5]

Rocc is also active as an Associate Professor[6] of stage directing and opera acting and as a member of professional juries.

Recognitions

Productions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rocc profile. narodni-divadlo.cz. 26 April 2022.
  2. Web site: The Two Widows. operavision.eu. 28 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Concept operapovera. operapovera.eu. 26 April 2022. cs.
  4. Markéta Stulírová, Web site: Šéf opery Rocc: Cítím se jako Brňan. brnensky.denik.cz. 26 April 2022. cs.
  5. Web site: Rocc profile. opera.si. 26 April 2022. sl.
  6. Web site: Rocc profile. ag.uni-lj.si. 9 July 2024. sl.
  7. Web site: Najvišja umetniška priznanja Univerze v Ljubljani v letu 2018 v roke 27 prejemnikom. uni-lj.si. 26 April 2022. sl.
  8. Web site: Priznanje župana Občine Litija. litija.si. 26 April 2022. sl.
  9. Web site: Free reconstruction of first ever opera La Dafne has world premiere. thefreelibrary.com. 26 April 2022.
  10. Web site: Let's Make an Opera! The Little Sweep – Latvian National Opera. classictic.com. 26 April 2022.
  11. Web site: Deseta hči. veza.sigledal.org. 28 December 2023. sl.
  12. Web site: Dnevnik Ane Frank. skgg.eu. 28 December 2023. sl.
  13. Web site: The Barber of Seville. PDF. operabergen.no. 26 April 2022.
  14. Web site: Fidelio. opera.wroclaw.pl. 26 April 2022. pl.
  15. Web site: Perlefiskerne. operabergen.no. 26 April 2022. no.
  16. Web site: Ljubezenske pesmi. skgg.eu. 11 December 2022. sl.
  17. Web site: code L. opera.si. 26 April 2022.
  18. Web site: La traviata. operabergen.no. 26 April 2022. no.
  19. Web site: Robe supports Prague Quadrennial 2019. lsionline.com. 26 April 2022.
  20. Web site: Così fan tutte. operabergen.no. 26 April 2022. no.
  21. Web site: Jedna až nekonečno: současná komorní tvorba v Olomouci popatnácté. casopisharmonie.cz. 28 December 2023. cs.
  22. Web site: Opera Julija. kcjt.si. 26 April 2022. sl.
  23. Web site: Madama Butterfly. operabergen.no. 26 April 2022. no.
  24. Web site: Onkraj vrta. skgg.eu. 11 December 2022. sl.
  25. Web site: Deklica z vžigalicami. skgg.eu. 11 December 2022. sl.
  26. Web site: Karl Ditters: David. volantes.cz. 11 December 2022. cs.
  27. Web site: Apollon musagète / Oedipus rex. opera.si. 26 April 2022.
  28. Web site: TiAmo. audio.art.pl. 11 December 2022.
  29. Web site: Agrippina. cd-cc.si. 26 April 2022.
  30. Web site: The Two Widows. ndm.cz. 10 June 2022.
  31. Web site: BallerinaBallerina. modelo62.com. 11 December 2022.
  32. Web site: Bajazzo og Cavalleria Rusticana. operabergen.no. 14 October 2022. no.
  33. Web site: Sara'smile. filharmonie-brno.cz. 27 October 2022.
  34. Web site: ONI. newmusicplus.jamu.cz. 28 December 2023. cs.
  35. Web site: I–ME. skgg.eu. 11 December 2022. sl.
  36. Web site: The Broken Jug. ndm.cz. 22 February 2023.
  37. Web site: The Emperor of Atlantis. ndm.cz. 22 February 2023.
  38. Web site: Bizet - Carmen. jso.co.il. 28 December 2023.
  39. Web site: Carmen. operabergen.no. 22 August 2023. no.
  40. Web site: La clemenza di Tito. djkt.eu. 4 February 2024.
  41. Web site: La clemenza di Tito. gluck-festspiele.de. 14 June 2024. de.
  42. Web site: The Sell-Out. newmusicostrava.cz. 1 July 2024.