The multimedia performance Romeo and Juliet was the final of the 3rd International Digital Opera Competition in 2021. The premiere took place on October 13–14 at the Yaani Kirik Concert Hall in St. Petersburg. Instead of traditional sets, the walls of the Gothic church came to life through video mapping. Sixteen teams of media artists created episodes based on opera, ballet, and musicals featuring music by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein, and Gounod. Sergey Novikov was the production designer who combined all the fragments into a single performance.
Multimedia Performance "Romeo and Juliet"
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The Opera is No Longer the Same: Classical and Digital Art Come Together in St. Petersburg
On October 13–14, the multimedia performance "Romeo and Juliet" was presented at the Jaani Kirik Concert Hall as part of the Digital Opera festival and international media art competition.Read more -
The Opera of the Digital Age. How to incorporate multimedia into one of the most conservative forms of art – classical musical theatre
Polina Alekseeva
What came first – the show or the theatre? Not such a fundamental logical paradox as the problem of primacy of the egg and the chicken, however, has the right to its existence. Modern theatre nevertheless increasingly gravitates towards the aesthetics of the show and the synthesis of several types of art. Directors in an effort to surprise the audience increasingly turn to show technologies in search of spectacularity for their productions, and also face the question of finding professionals – video artists, multimedia directors – those who will help to implement the idea.Read more