Milo Rau stages Mozart's 'La clemenza di Tito' at Oper Zürich
Swiss director Milo Rau makes his opera debut with a subversive reading of Mozart's 'La clemenza di Tito' at Oper Zürich. The production, which premiered in Geneva, reinterprets the coronation opera as a psychological study of an assassin. Rau, known for his politically charged theater, brings his signature critical approach to the classical work.
Key facts
- Milo Rau directs his first opera, Mozart's 'La clemenza di Tito'
- The production premiered at Oper Zürich
- Rau is a Swiss theater director known as an 'enfant terrible'
- The opera is a coronation opera by Mozart
- Rau's interpretation reads against the grain of the original
- The production was previously staged in Geneva
- The focus is on the psychology of an assassin
- Rau is described as a 'Staatskünstler' (state artist)
Entities
Artists
- Milo Rau
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Institutions
- Oper Zürich
Locations
- Zürich
- Switzerland
- Geneva