Rocc (opera stage director)

Rocc
Born Rok Rappl
(1979-12-14) 14 December 1979
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Other names Rocc
Occupation
  • opera stage director
  • scenographer
  • dramaturge
  • performance artist
Website rocc.cc

Rocc (born 14 December 1979 as Rok Rappl)[1] is a Slovenian-born opera stage director, scenographer, dramaturge and performance artist. His professional mononymous pseudonym is a tribute to Marie Mrázková, Rocc's professor of stage acting and his mentor.

Biography

Born in Ljubljana, Rocc studied opera stage direction at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (1998–2003, Master of Arts), followed up by postgraduate studies of stage design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Zurich (2003–2005, Executive Master), and with rosalie at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main (2005–2006, Certificate). 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 and designed opera productions in the National Theatres in Prague,[2] Brno, Ostrava, Ljubljana, Riga,[3] Opera Bergen[4] in Norway etc. His projects have been presented within several international festivals, e.g. Ljubljana Festival, Festival Janáček Brno, Moravian Autumn Music Festival in Brno, Festival of Music Theatre in Prague, Prague Quadrennial, Warsaw Autumn Festival of Contemporary Music,[5] Festival of Sacred Music in Pordenone, ISCM World Music Days and Bergen International Festival. His work in contemporary music theatre is combined with alternative performing arts, installation, new media and site-specific projects. Since 2013 he has been the initiator and Artistic Director of "opera povera", an ensemble focused on contemporary music-theatre aesthetics.[6]

In the 2007/2008 season Rocc held the post of Dramaturge in 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, 2009–2011 he was Artistic Director of the Janáček Opera and a member of the Programme Board of the International Festival Janáček Brno. In 2011–2013 he was Artistic Director of the Prague State Opera, which from 2012 has been affiliated with the National Opera in Prague.[7] In November 2013 he became Artistic Director of the Slovenian National Opera in his hometown Ljubljana.[8]

Rocc also works as a pedagogue of stage movement and acting for young opera singers,[9][10] he has been a member of juries of international singing competitions. He lives in Ljubljana and Prague.

Productions

References

  1. ↑ Origin of Rappl, surnameweb.com
  2. ↑ Rocc, National Theatre (Prague)
  3. ↑ Rocc, Latvian National Opera
  4. ↑ Opera Bergen
  5. ↑ http://www.warszawska-jesien.art.pl/07/download/programen.pdf
  6. ↑ opera povera – o nás (Czech)
  7. ↑ Rok Rappl becomes the opera artistic director in the National Opera, www.theatre.cz, 10 January 2012
  8. ↑ "Job changes in the opera world", Opera-Europa, s.a.
  9. ↑ Changing Places – Keynote Speech 1 with guest speaker –ROCC, World Stage Design 2013, September 2013
  10. ↑ Hosting lecturers' capacity sharing, 9 November 2015, www.visits.muni.cz
  11. ↑ "Free reconstruction of first ever opera La Dafne has world premiere" by Sarka Motalova in Czech Music, 1 April 2011 (via Free Online Library)
  12. ↑ "National Theatre Plans 15 Premieres for Next Season" by Vojtěch Kolář, Portal of Prague, 9 March 2012
  13. ↑ Let's Make an Opera! The Little Sweep – Latvian National Opera, www.classictic.com
  14. ↑ "Contemporary Opera Opens in Ljubljana" by STA, The Slovenia Times, 15 May 2015
  15. ↑ "Grigori Frid: New Version of The Diary of Anne Frank Given World Premiere", www.sikorski.de, October 2015
  16. ↑ The Barber of Seville, www.fib.no
  17. ↑ The Mountain Maid and The Diary of One Who Disappeared, www.janacek-brno.cz
  18. ↑ The Mountain Maid and The Diary of One Who Disappeared, www.janacek-brno.cz
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