Rocc
Born
Rok Rappl

(1979-12-14) 14 December 1979 (age 44)
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
Other namesRocc
Occupations
  • opera stage director
  • scenic designer
  • dramaturge
  • performance artist
  • opera manager
  • pedagogue
Websiterocc.cc

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 Marie Mrázková [cz], 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 rosalie [de] 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 60 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, Riga, Wrocław, 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, Prague Quadrennial, OPERA Festival in Prague, Janáček Brno Festival, Moravian Autumn Music Festival in Brno [cz], Exposition of New Music Festival in Brno, Musica non grata [cz] 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. 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 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.[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

Productions

References

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

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