Romeo and Juliet is fueled as much by the love shared by the title characters as it is by hate displayed by their feuding families. Perhaps no one in the new San Diego Opera production understands those dueling passions better than Doug Scholz-Carlson.
Love and hate fuel San Diego Opera's 'Roméo et Juliette'
"The gestures that are being made by the sets and the lighting are beautiful, but they're really stark and that means the performers really can shine," Scholz-Carlson said."So, for the intimacy, when they're coming together, they don't have a lot of set pieces that they're traveling across or anything. You're watching how the two of them are touching each other and how they're getting closer and how they kiss.
"So we went around the room the first live rehearsal, and they asked what kind of experience we had, and I was the only one who had none," Coit recalled. Coit sings the role of Stéphano . His antics lead into the big battle between Tybalt and Mercutio, which involves chorus members running around as the panicked crowd. That’s why Scholz-Carlson holds a fight call before every performance.
The challenge is that the fight choreography may not be played out at full speed until just before opening, which means some tweaking may be needed at the last minute.
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