Romeo und Julia

Cathy Marston

Based on the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare
Music by Sergei Prokofiev

From 23. May 2026 until 26. June 2026

Dates & Tickets
  • Duration :
    approx. 2 H. 30 Min. Inkl. Pause after 1st act after approx. 1 H. 10 Min.
  • More information:
    Introduction 45 min before the performance.
    The performance on June 26 will be broadcast live on the Sechseläutenplatz as part of «Opernhaus für alle».

    © Poster image by Gary Yeoh (Calla)
Choreography and Direction:
Cathy Marston

Cathy Marston

The internationally renowned choreographer Cathy Marston holds both British and Swiss citizenship. Since August 2023, she has been Director of Zurich Ballet. She received her dance training in Cambridge and at the Royal Ballet School in London. Between 1994 and 1999, she danced with Zurich Ballet, the Ballet of Lucerne Theatre, and Konzert Theater Bern. From 2002 to 2006, she was an Associate Artist at the Royal Opera House in London, and from 2007 to 2013 she served as Ballet Director at Konzert Theater Bern.

For many years highly successful as a freelance choreographer, Cathy Marston has been invited by numerous renowned international companies and institutions. She has created works for The Royal Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet, the Finnish National Ballet, Ballet Black, the National Ballet of Cuba, as well as for Opera Australia and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In recent years, she has worked increasingly in the United States, including with San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, and The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago.

In her choreographic works, she brings major literary sources to life through dance and approaches significant historical figures in unusual and original ways. She has celebrated major successes with her ballet adaptations of "Mrs. Robinson" (Charles Webb), "Snowblind" (based on Ethan Frome), "Jane Eyre" (Charlotte Brontë), and "Of Mice and Men" (John Steinbeck). Distinctive perspectives also characterize her biographically inspired works "The Cellist", "Victoria", and "Hexenhatz". Cathy Marston has received numerous awards for her choreographic achievements, including a South Bank Sky Arts Award and the British National Dance Award. In 2020, the International Institute for Dance and Theatre honored her with an award for excellence in international dance.

A highlight of her first season as Director of Zurich Ballet was the 2024 world premiere of "Atonement", based on the novel of the same name by Ian McEwan (a co-production with The Joffrey Ballet). In addition, her works "The Cellist" and "Snowblind" were presented in Zurich. In the previous season, her Clara Schumann ballet "Clara" premiered. In 2026, she will choreograph "Romeo and Juliet" for Zurich Ballet.

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Musical Director:
Gianandrea Noseda

Gianandrea Noseda

Gianandrea Noseda has been General Music Director of the Zurich Opera House since the 2021/22 season. In addition, he is Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2019, he became Music Director of the newly founded Tsinandali Festival and the Georgian Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra. From 2007 to 2018, Noseda served as General Music Director of the Teatro Regio di Torino, where he artistically reshaped the opera house during his tenure. Noseda has conducted the world’s leading orchestras (Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic) as well as at the most prestigious opera houses (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House) and festivals (BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Salzburg, and Verbier). He has also held leading positions with the BBC Philharmonic (Chief Conductor), the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (Principal Guest Conductor), the Mariinsky Theatre (Principal Guest Conductor), and the Stresa Festival (Artistic Director). His discography comprises more than 80 CDs, with a special focus on the "Musica Italiana" project, which features neglected 20th-century Italian repertoire. Born in Milan, Noseda is a Commendatore al Merito della Repubblica Italiana and received the Order of Merit of the City of Milan in 2024. In 2015, he was named "Musical America’s Conductor of the Year," was awarded "Conductor of the Year" at the 2016 International Opera Awards, and received the Puccini Prize in 2023. In the same year, the Oper! Awards honored Noseda as "Best Conductor," particularly recognizing his interpretations of the first two "Ring" operas at the Zurich Opera House.

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Scenario:
Cathy Marston,

Cathy Marston

The internationally renowned choreographer Cathy Marston holds both British and Swiss citizenship. Since August 2023, she has been Director of Zurich Ballet. She received her dance training in Cambridge and at the Royal Ballet School in London. Between 1994 and 1999, she danced with Zurich Ballet, the Ballet of Lucerne Theatre, and Konzert Theater Bern. From 2002 to 2006, she was an Associate Artist at the Royal Opera House in London, and from 2007 to 2013 she served as Ballet Director at Konzert Theater Bern.

For many years highly successful as a freelance choreographer, Cathy Marston has been invited by numerous renowned international companies and institutions. She has created works for The Royal Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet, the Finnish National Ballet, Ballet Black, the National Ballet of Cuba, as well as for Opera Australia and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In recent years, she has worked increasingly in the United States, including with San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, and The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago.

In her choreographic works, she brings major literary sources to life through dance and approaches significant historical figures in unusual and original ways. She has celebrated major successes with her ballet adaptations of "Mrs. Robinson" (Charles Webb), "Snowblind" (based on Ethan Frome), "Jane Eyre" (Charlotte Brontë), and "Of Mice and Men" (John Steinbeck). Distinctive perspectives also characterize her biographically inspired works "The Cellist", "Victoria", and "Hexenhatz". Cathy Marston has received numerous awards for her choreographic achievements, including a South Bank Sky Arts Award and the British National Dance Award. In 2020, the International Institute for Dance and Theatre honored her with an award for excellence in international dance.

A highlight of her first season as Director of Zurich Ballet was the 2024 world premiere of "Atonement", based on the novel of the same name by Ian McEwan (a co-production with The Joffrey Ballet). In addition, her works "The Cellist" and "Snowblind" were presented in Zurich. In the previous season, her Clara Schumann ballet "Clara" premiered. In 2026, she will choreograph "Romeo and Juliet" for Zurich Ballet.

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Edward Kemp

Edward Kemp

Edward Kemp, born in Oxford, has collaborated with Cathy Marston on more than twenty ballets, including seven for Bern Ballett. Recent collaborations include "Summer & Smoke" (Houston/American Ballet Theatre), "Of Mice and Men" (Joffrey), "Mrs. Robinson" (San Francisco), "The Cellist" (Royal Ballet), "The Suit" (Ballet Black), "Lady Chatterley’s Lover" (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal), "Liaisons Dangereuses" (Royal Danish Ballet), and a screenplay for Disney+. He has written texts for composers such as Sally Beamish, Victoria Borisova Ollas, Jason Carr, Tansy Davies, Terry Davies, Péter Eötvös, Stuart MacRae, Julian Philips, and Gary Yershon. In theatre, his works include "King James Bible" (National Theatre), "The Mysteries" (Royal Shakespeare Company), as well as stage adaptations of Bulgakov’s "The Master and Margarita" (Chichester/Complicite/Avignon), Lessing’s "Nathan the Wise" (Chichester/Off-Broadway/Shaw Festival), and Faulkner’s "As I Lay Dying" (Baton Rouge). He also adapted works by Brecht, Goldoni, Kleist, Lorca, Prokofiev, Molière, Racine, and Sibelius for the stage and translated novels by Paul Auster, Eça de Queirós, Charles Dickens, Knut Hamsun, Ted Hughes, Salman Rushdie, and W. G. Sebald. He has written dramas and comedies for BBC Radio and directed plays and musicals in the United Kingdom and the United States, from authors such as Gertrude Stein and William Shakespeare to Alan Bennett and Stephen Sondheim. From 2008 to 2021 he was Director and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Today he is Chief Executive of the Royal Literary Fund, the oldest literary charity in the United Kingdom.

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Sets and Costumes:
David Fleischer

David Fleischer

David Fleischer is from Australia. As a stage and costume designer, he has collaborated with renowned theatre, dance, ballet, and opera ensembles. He studied at the National Institute for Dramatic Arts in Australia. In 2012/13, he was the resident designer for the Sydney Theatre Company. For Rafaela Bonachela and the Sydney Dance Company, he created numerous productions, including "Impermanence," which was presented on international tours. He collaborated with Cathy Marston and the Queensland Ballet on "My Brilliant Career." In theatre, David Fleischer has designed over fifty plays and musicals, including the musical "Fangirls" in London’s West End and Suzie Miller’s hit play "RGB: Of Many One" for the Sydney Theatre Company. He has a close collaboration with director Kip Williams, working together on productions such as "The Harp in the South," "Love and Information," "Chimerica," "Playing Beatie Bow," "The Golden Age," "Children of the Sun," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof." Recently, they worked together on the new opera "Gilgamesh," a co-production of Sydney Chamber Opera and Opera Australia, as well as "The Rape of Lucretia." David Fleischer has received numerous awards, including two Australian Production Design Guild Awards and the Berlin Music Opera Award.

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Lighting Design:
Martin Gebhardt

Martin Gebhardt

Martin Gebhardt was lighting designer and Head of Lighting for John Neumeier’s Hamburg Ballet. From 2002 onward he collaborated with Heinz Spoerli and the Ballett Zürich. Ballet productions of both companies took him to renowned theatres across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. At Zurich Opera House he created the lighting design for productions by Jürgen Flimm, David Alden, Jan Philipp Gloger, Grischa Asagaroff, Matthias Hartmann, David Pountney, Moshe Leiser/Patrice Caurier, Damiano Michieletto, and Achim Freyer. At the Salzburg Festival he designed the lighting for "La bohème" and for a new version of Spoerli’s "Der Tod und das Mädchen". Since the 2012/13 season Martin Gebhardt has been Head of Lighting at Zurich Opera House. He maintains a close collaboration with choreographer Christian Spuck (including "Winterreise", "Nussknacker und Mausekönig", "Messa da Requiem", "Anna Karenina", "Woyzeck", "Der Sandmann", "Leonce und Lena", "Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern"). He has also worked as lighting designer for choreographers Edward Clug (including "Strings", "Le Sacre du printemps" and "Faust" in Zurich), Alexei Ratmansky, Wayne McGregor, Marco Goecke, and Douglas Lee. He collaborated with Christoph Marthaler and Anna Viebrock on Handel’s "Sale" and Rossini’s "Il viaggio a Reims" in Zurich as well as on "Lulu" at the Hamburg State Opera, and with Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito at the Grand Théâtre de Genève for "Les Huguenots". In 2023 he designed the lighting for Spuck’s ballet "Bovary" at the Staatsballett Berlin and in 2024 for Rossini’s "Tancredi" at the Bregenz Festival. He was also the lighting designer for Cathy Marston’s "Atonement" at Zurich Opera House.

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Dramaturgy:
Edward Kemp,

Edward Kemp

Edward Kemp, born in Oxford, has collaborated with Cathy Marston on more than twenty ballets, including seven for Bern Ballett. Recent collaborations include "Summer & Smoke" (Houston/American Ballet Theatre), "Of Mice and Men" (Joffrey), "Mrs. Robinson" (San Francisco), "The Cellist" (Royal Ballet), "The Suit" (Ballet Black), "Lady Chatterley’s Lover" (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal), "Liaisons Dangereuses" (Royal Danish Ballet), and a screenplay for Disney+. He has written texts for composers such as Sally Beamish, Victoria Borisova Ollas, Jason Carr, Tansy Davies, Terry Davies, Péter Eötvös, Stuart MacRae, Julian Philips, and Gary Yershon. In theatre, his works include "King James Bible" (National Theatre), "The Mysteries" (Royal Shakespeare Company), as well as stage adaptations of Bulgakov’s "The Master and Margarita" (Chichester/Complicite/Avignon), Lessing’s "Nathan the Wise" (Chichester/Off-Broadway/Shaw Festival), and Faulkner’s "As I Lay Dying" (Baton Rouge). He also adapted works by Brecht, Goldoni, Kleist, Lorca, Prokofiev, Molière, Racine, and Sibelius for the stage and translated novels by Paul Auster, Eça de Queirós, Charles Dickens, Knut Hamsun, Ted Hughes, Salman Rushdie, and W. G. Sebald. He has written dramas and comedies for BBC Radio and directed plays and musicals in the United Kingdom and the United States, from authors such as Gertrude Stein and William Shakespeare to Alan Bennett and Stephen Sondheim. From 2008 to 2021 he was Director and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Today he is Chief Executive of the Royal Literary Fund, the oldest literary charity in the United Kingdom.

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Michael Küster

Michael Küster

Michael Küster is from Germany. After studying German studies, art, and speech science at the University of Halle, he worked as a presenter, author, and speaker at various broadcasting stations in Germany. There, he hosted numerous classical music programs and live broadcasts of major concert events, including those from the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Semperoper Dresden, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus.
Since 2002, he has been a dramaturg at the Zurich Opera House, working with directors such as Matthias Hartmann, David Alden, Robert Carsen, Moshe Leiser/Patrice Caurier, Damiano Michieletto, David Pountney, Johannes Schaaf, and Graham Vick.
As dramaturg of Ballett Zürich, Michael Küster has collaborated since 2012 with Cathy Marston, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau, Kim Brandstrup, Edward Clug, Alexei Ratmansky, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, and Hans van Manen. Together with Christian Spuck, he worked on productions including «Winterreise» («Prix Benois de la Danse»), «Romeo and Juliet», «Messa da Requiem», and «The Sleeping Beauty».
At La Scala in Milan, Michael Küster was dramaturg for Matthias Hartmann’s opera productions of «Der Freischütz», «Idomeneo», and «The Queen of Spades».

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Cast


Romeo Karen Azatyan


Julia Ayaha Tsunaki


Mercutio Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Benvolia Shelby Williams


Angelica Inna Bilash


Tybalt Esteban Berlanga


Lorenzo Brandon Lawrence


Paris Sean Bates


Lord Capulet Jesse Fraser


Lady Capulet Yun-Su Park


Blumenfrau Ruka Nakagawa


Rosalind Sujung Lim


Romeo Karen Azatyan


Julia Ayaha Tsunaki


Mercutio Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Benvolia Shelby Williams


Angelica Inna Bilash


Tybalt Esteban Berlanga


Lorenzo Brandon Lawrence


Paris Sean Bates


Lord Capulet Jesse Fraser


Lady Capulet Yun-Su Park


Blumenfrau Ruka Nakagawa


Rosalind Sujung Lim


Romeo Chandler Dalton


Julia Nancy Osbaldeston


Mercutio Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Benvolia Shelby Williams


Angelica Yun-Su Park


Tybalt Brandon Lawrence


Lorenzo Mlindi Kulashe


Paris Marià Huguet


Lord Capulet Esteban Berlanga


Lady Capulet Daniela Gómez Pérez


Blumenfrau Ruka Nakagawa


Rosalind Sujung Lim

Karen Azatyan

Karen Azatyan is originally from Armenia. Trained at the Yerevan Dancing Art State College and the Dance Academy Zurich, he won the Prix de Lausanne in 2005. From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich (promoted to soloist in 2012). In 2014, he joined the Hamburg Ballet as a principal dancer, where he maintained a close collaboration with John Neumeier until the latter’s departure in 2024. He danced leading roles and solos in many of Neumeier’s ballets, including: «Illusions» – like «Swan Lake», «The Nutcracker», «A Midsummer Night’s Dream», «A Streetcar Named Desire», «Death in Venice», «Peer Gynt», «Romeo and Juliet», «Nijinsky», «Liliom», «The Seagull», «Winterreise», «St. Matthew Passion», «The Song of the Earth» and Mahler’s «Third Symphony».
His repertoire also includes works by Frederick Ashton, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, and Christopher Wheeldon.
Since the 2024/25 season, Karen Azatyan has been a principal dancer with Ballett Zürich. Here, he has appeared as Robert Schumann in Cathy Marston’s «Clara», Hilarion in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», and as the Shadow in Kim Brandstrup’s «Of Light, Wind and Waters».

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Chandler Dalton

Chandler Dalton is American. He received his training at the School of Richmond Ballet and the Houston Ballet Academy. At Houston Ballet, he was promoted to Principal and danced roles such as James in Bournonville’s «La Sylphide», Bluebird and Pas de Quatre in Ben Stevenson’s «Sleeping Beauty», the Pas de trois in George Balanchine’s «Emeralds», and leading roles in ballets by John Neumeier, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Bruce, and Justin Peck.
Since the 2023/24 season, Chandler Dalton has been a member of Ballett Zürich, where he has appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke’s «Nijinski» and as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston’s «Clara». He has also performed in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle» (Peasant Pas de deux), William Forsythe’s «In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated», and in ballets by Crystal Pite, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, Kenneth MacMillan, and Marcos Morau.

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Ayaha Tsunaki

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden, the Hamburg Ballet School, and the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with the Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, serving as demi-soloist since 2021. Here, she performed as Julia in David Dawson’s «Romeo and Juliet», Odette in Johan Inger’s «Swan Lake», the title role in Inger’s «Carmen», the Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in Aaron S. Watkin/Jason Beechey’s «The Nutcracker», and Gamzatti in Watkin’s «La Bayadère».
She has also appeared in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Stijn Celis, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, John Neumeier, and Justin Peck.
Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been principal dancer at Ballett Zürich.

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Nancy Osbaldeston

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She completed her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined the English National Ballet, where she was awarded the «Emerging Dance Award» in 2013. In 2014, she moved to the Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she was promoted to principal dancer. She was regularly a guest performer with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich and later danced at the Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse.
Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in «Spartacus»), John Neumeier (Marie in «The Nutcracker»), Akram Khan («Giselle»), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in «Don Quixote»), and Pina Bausch («Café Müller»). Additionally, she has appeared in works by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and Andonis Foniadakis.
Since the 2024/25 season, she has been principal dancer at Ballett Zürich. Here, she danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston («Clara», Cecilia in «Atonement», «Mrs. Robinson»), Patrice Bart («Giselle»), William Forsythe («In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated»), Kenneth MacMillan («Concerto»), and Bryan Arias («Colorful Darkness»).

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Charles-Louis Yoshiyama

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama holds Japanese and French citizenship. He received his dance training at Trinity College London and the English Ballet School. In 2007, he joined Houston Ballet and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2016. Important roles included Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Mayerling» and De Grieux in «Manon», as well as Oberon in John Neumeier’s «A Midsummer Night’s Dream». He also danced in Roland Petit’s «L’Arlésienne» and numerous works by George Balanchine. In choreographies by Ben Stevenson, he portrayed Basilio («Don Quixote»), Prince Florimund («Sleeping Beauty»), Franz («Coppélia»), Mercutio («Romeo and Juliet»), and the Prince («The Nutcracker»). In Stanton Welch’s works, he was Siegfried («Swan Lake»), Solor («La Bayadère»), and Albrecht («Giselle»). In John Cranko’s «The Taming of the Shrew», he danced Lucentio and Hortensio. In 2023, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama was Principal Dancer at Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been Principal Dancer at Ballett Zürich.

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Shelby Williams

Shelby Williams holds American and Italian citizenship. She studied at Houston Ballet Academy, Washington School of Ballet, and Dancer’s Workshop Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA). After engagements with Semperoper Ballet, Corella Ballet, and Ballet d’Europe, she was a soloist at Ballett Mainz, Hessisches Staatsballett Wiesbaden, and from 2016 to 2023 at Royal Ballet of Flanders. In 2017 and 2018, she was nominated for «Best Performance by a Female Dancer» and «Best News» in the «Critic’s Choice Awards» by Dance Europe Magazine. She danced Pina/Malou in Pina Bausch’s «Café Müller», Rusalka in the choreography by Alan Lucien Øyen, Myrtha in Akram Khan’s «Giselle», as well as leading roles in choreographies by Martha Graham, Johan Inger, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Édouard Lock, and Jermaine Spivey. Since the 2023/24 season, Shelby Williams has been a member of Ballett Zürich, where she has danced leading roles in creations by Meryl Tankard, Bryan Arias, and Cathy Marston, and important roles in the repertoire of Marcos Morau, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, and Mats Ek.

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Inna Bilash

Inna Bilash is from Ukraine. She completed her ballet training at Kharkov Choreographic School, Perm State Choreographic College, and Perm State Academy of Arts and Culture. She was a soloist with Ballet Perm, where she danced Julia in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet», Odette/Odile in Natalia Makrova’s «Swan Lake», Giselle in the choreography by Perrot/Coralli/Petipa, the Bride in Jiří Kylián’s «Les Noces», and Masha in MacMillan’s «Winter Dreams». She also performed solo roles in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, and Douglas Lee. She won the Arabesque competition in Perm and the Bolshoi Ballet TV competition. In 2017, she received the «Soul of Dance» award from the ballet magazine. Since the 2018/19 season, Inna Bilash has been a member of Ballett Zürich and appeared as Briony in Cathy Marston’s «Atonement» and in the title role of Patrice Bart’s «Giselle». In 2024, she received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Yun-Su Park

Yun-Su Park is from Korea. She trained at Shunwa Arts School and the Hamburg Ballet School. From 2007 to 2024, she danced with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, where she was promoted to soloist in 2018. She appeared in numerous ballets by John Neumeier, including Lady Capulet in «Romeo and Juliet», Diana in «Sylvia», Elisabeth in «Preludes CV», and in «Nocturnes», «Messiah», and «Beethoven Project». She also danced in ballets by Rudolf Nureyev and George Balanchine. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a guest dancer with Ballett Zürich, performing the title role in Cathy Marston’s ballet «Mrs. Robinson».

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Esteban Berlanga

Esteban Berlanga is from Spain. After his training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was promoted to principal dancer in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Dean’s «Swan Lake», the prince in Kenneth MacMillan’s «The Sleeping Beauty», Albrecht in Mary Skeaping’s «Giselle», the Nutcracker in Wayne Eagling’s choreography, and Frédéric in Roland Petit’s «L’Arlésienne». For David Dawson’s «Faun(e)», he was nominated for the «Benois de la Danse». From 2013 to 2018, he was principal dancer at the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. Since the 2018/19 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich, and since 2022, a principal dancer. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke’s «Nijinski» and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including «The Sleeping Beauty»; «Anna Karenina») and Cathy Marston («The Cellist»; «Snowblind»).
In 2024, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Brandon Lawrence

Brandon Lawrence is from Great Britain. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, serving as Principal Dancer since 2019. Important roles included the Prince («The Nutcracker»), Franz («Coppélia»), Prince Florimund («The Sleeping Beauty»), Prince Siegfried («Swan Lake») in choreographies by Peter Wright; Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet»; Colas in Frederick Ashton’s «La Fille mal gardée»; the Prince («Cinderella»), Beast («The Beauty and the Beast»), Albrecht («Giselle») and Otello («Shakespeare Suite») in choreographies by David Bintley.
He also performed in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp, and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been Principal Dancer at Ballett Zürich and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston («Atonement», «The Cellist», «Snowblind», «Clara»), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, and Kim Brandstrup.
In 2025, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Brandon Lawrence

Brandon Lawrence is from Great Britain. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, serving as Principal Dancer since 2019. Important roles included the Prince («The Nutcracker»), Franz («Coppélia»), Prince Florimund («The Sleeping Beauty»), Prince Siegfried («Swan Lake») in choreographies by Peter Wright; Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet»; Colas in Frederick Ashton’s «La Fille mal gardée»; the Prince («Cinderella»), Beast («The Beauty and the Beast»), Albrecht («Giselle») and Otello («Shakespeare Suite») in choreographies by David Bintley.
He also performed in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp, and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been Principal Dancer at Ballett Zürich and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston («Atonement», «The Cellist», «Snowblind», «Clara»), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, and Kim Brandstrup.
In 2025, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Mlindi Kulashe

Mlindi Kulashe is from South Africa. He trained at the English National Ballet School. From 2013 to 2022, he danced with Northern Ballet in Leeds, performing many leading roles. Since early 2023, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich. Here, he appeared in choreographies by Cathy Marston, including as Cello («The Cellist»), Officer («Atonement»), and Wieck («Clara»). As part of the «Next Generation» series, he choreographed his own piece titled «Molo».

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Sean Bates

Sean Bates is from the United Kingdom and studied at the Royal Ballet School. He danced with Northern Ballet under the direction of David Nixon and performed in numerous leading roles, including Jay Gatsby in «The Great Gatsby», Romeo in «Romeo and Juliet», and Puck in «A Midsummer Night’s Dream».
After working with Cathy Marston on «Jane Eyre» and «Victoria», he joined Ballett Zürich at the beginning of the 2023/24 season. Here, he has appeared in soloist roles including Marco Goecke’s «Nijinski», Kenneth MacMillan’s «Concerto», as Denis in Cathy Marston’s «Snowblind», and as Bargiel in «Clara».
He has taught at Cape Town City Ballet as well as at various summer schools in the UK, and continues to coach dancers in his free time.

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Marià Huguet

Marià Huguet is from Spain. He received his dance training at the Classical Ballet School in Girona, the Royal Ballet School, and the Hamburg Ballet School. From 2016 to 2023, he danced with the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, performing in Neumeier’s productions of «Anna Karenina», «Ghost Light», «Dona Nobis Pacem», «Nijinsky», «The Lady of the Camellias», and «A Midsummer Night’s Dream». Since the 2023/24 season, Marià Huguet has been a member of the Ballett Zürich. Here, he performed as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston’s «Clara», Kai in Kim Brandstrup’s «Of Light, Wind and Waters», Wilfried in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», as well as in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, and Bryan Arias.

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Jesse Fraser

Jesse Fraser was born in Saskatoon, Canada. Trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, he joined Stuttgart Ballet in the 2010/11 season. There, he danced in choreographies by Cranko, MacMillan, Spuck, Haydée, Neumeier, Béjart, Forsythe, Cherkaoui, Goecke, Clug, Volpi, and Stiens. He also created his own choreographic works as part of the Noverre Society’s «Young Choreographers» series.
Since the 2015/16 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich. Among other roles, he has appeared as Paris in Christian Spuck’s «Romeo and Juliet», Hilarion in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», the Stag in Edward Clug’s «Peer Gynt», and in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Cathy Marston, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite, and Bryan Arias.

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Esteban Berlanga

Esteban Berlanga is from Spain. After his training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was promoted to principal dancer in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Dean’s «Swan Lake», the prince in Kenneth MacMillan’s «The Sleeping Beauty», Albrecht in Mary Skeaping’s «Giselle», the Nutcracker in Wayne Eagling’s choreography, and Frédéric in Roland Petit’s «L’Arlésienne». For David Dawson’s «Faun(e)», he was nominated for the «Benois de la Danse». From 2013 to 2018, he was principal dancer at the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. Since the 2018/19 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich, and since 2022, a principal dancer. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke’s «Nijinski» and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including «The Sleeping Beauty»; «Anna Karenina») and Cathy Marston («The Cellist»; «Snowblind»).
In 2024, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Yun-Su Park

Yun-Su Park is from Korea. She trained at Shunwa Arts School and the Hamburg Ballet School. From 2007 to 2024, she danced with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, where she was promoted to soloist in 2018. She appeared in numerous ballets by John Neumeier, including Lady Capulet in «Romeo and Juliet», Diana in «Sylvia», Elisabeth in «Preludes CV», and in «Nocturnes», «Messiah», and «Beethoven Project». She also danced in ballets by Rudolf Nureyev and George Balanchine. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a guest dancer with Ballett Zürich, performing the title role in Cathy Marston’s ballet «Mrs. Robinson».

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Daniela Gómez Pérez

Daniela Gómez Pérez is from Cuba. She studied at the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School and the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba. From 2015 to 2023, she was Principal Dancer at the Cuban National Ballet. Under Alicia Alonso’s direction, she danced leading roles in «Coppélia», «Giselle», «Swan Lake», and «The Nutcracker». She also appeared in choreographies by Peter Quanz, Brian McDonald, George Balanchine, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Cathy Marston, Ricardo Amarante, Alexei Ratmansky, Uwe Scholz, Ben Stevenson, Mikhail Fokine, and Gemma Bond. For her interpretation of Daniel Proietto’s «Cigne», she was entered into the Golden Book of the Gran Teatro de La Habana. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Ballett Zürich.

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Ruka Nakagawa

Ruka Nakagawa is from Japan. She received her ballet training at the Shimoda Harumi Ballet in Japan, at the Benedict Manniegel Ballet Academy in Munich, and at the Royal Ballet School in Antwerp. From 2017 to 2023, she danced with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Belgium. Among others, she performed as Giselle in Akram Khan’s «Giselle», as the Chosen One in Pina Bausch’s «Le Sacre du printemps», and in choreographies by Ohad Naharin and Johan Inger. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of the Ballett Zürich. Here, she danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston («Clara», Mattie in «Snow Blind», and Lola in «Atonement») and appeared in works by Christian Spuck, William Forsythe, Marco Goecke, and Marcos Morau.

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Sujung Lim

Sujung Lim is from South Korea. She trained at Yewon Arts High School and the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts. She won gold medals at the Tanzolymp Berlin in 2008 and 2011. From 2011 to 2018, she danced as a soloist with Ballett Karlsruhe, performing in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet», John Cranko’s «The Taming of the Shrew», Peter Wright’s «Giselle», and Christopher Wheeldon’s «Swan Lake». Since the 2018/19 season, she has been a member of Ballett Zürich, appearing in many choreographies by Cathy Marston, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, Patrice Bart, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Marcos Morau, and Crystal Pite. In 2025, she was awarded the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Junior Ballett
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Junior Ballett

Das Junior Ballett ist die Nachwuchscompagnie des Balletts Zürich. Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2001 erhalten hier ausgewählte junge Tänzerinnen und Tänzer aus aller Welt die Möglichkeit, nach Ende ihrer Ballettausbildung unter fachkundiger Betreuung in das tänzerische Berufsleben einzusteigen. Im Rahmen eines nicht länger als zwei Jahre währenden Engagements trainieren sie gemeinsam mit den Mitgliedern des Balletts Zürich, tanzen mit ihnen in ausgewählten Vorstellungen des Repertoires und sammeln so die für eine Tänzerlaufbahn notwendige Bühnenerfahrung. Einmal pro Spielzeit stellt das Junior Ballett in einem eigenen Ballettabend mit Werken international renommierter Choreografen seine hohe Leistungsfähigkeit und tänzerische Kreativität unter Beweis. In der Saison 2014/15 vereint das Junior Ballett dreizehn Tänzerinnen und Tänzer aus acht Nationen.

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Cast

Der Rosenkavalier21 / 26 Sept / 1 / 5 / 14 / 17 / 21 / 26 Oct 2025 Tugan Sokhiev12 Jul 2026 Manon24 / 27 Sept / 3 / 7 / 10 Oct 2025 La scala di seta25 / 28 Sept / 19 / 24 Oct 2025 Tosca28 Sept / 2 / 8 / 11 / 15 / 19 Oct 2025 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 21 / 24 Apr / 13 / 17 May 2027 Capuçon & Heras-Casado4 Oct 2025 Tannhäuser21 / 24 / 27 Jun / 2 / 5 / 8 / 11 Jul / 26 Sept / 4 / 9 / 13 Oct 2026 Cardillac15 / 18 / 21 / 25 Feb / 1 / 6 / 10 Mar 2026 La Damnation de Faust10 / 14 / 17 May 2026 Hänsel und Gretel16 / 20 / 23 / 28 / 30 Nov / 2 / 4 / 11 / 16 / 18 / 21 Dec 2025 / 2 / 24 / 25 / 31 Jan 2026 Carmen18 / 21 / 23 / 27 / 31 Jan 2026 Un ballo in Maschera22 / 28 / 31 May / 7 / 13 Jun / 26 / 27 / 29 / 30 Aug 2026 La forza del destino2 / 7 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 21 / 26 / 29 Nov / 17 / 21 Dec 2025 Rigoletto20 / 23 / 27 Dec 2025 / 1 / 4 Jan 2026 Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026 / 2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027 Fidelio3 / 6 / 10 / 14 / 16 May 2026 Werther14 / 19 Jun / 1 / 4 / 10 Jul 2026 Oiseaux Rebelles12 / 18 / 23 / 25 / 31 Oct / 1 / 9 / 13 Nov / 2 / 5 / 6 / 9 Dec 2025 / 11 / 13 / 16 / 18 / 27 Sept 2026 Macbeth8 / 11 / 14 / 19 / 22 / 30 Nov 2025 Ehnes & Noseda23 Nov 2025 Die Fledermaus7 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 18 / 26 / 28 / 31 Dec 2025 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 10 Jan / 29 Sept / 8 / 17 / 23 / 25 Oct 2026 Clara13 / 14 / 19 / 20 / 26 / 28 Dec 2025 / 11 / 12 / 17 / 19 / 24 Apr 2026 Countertime5 / 7 / 14 Sept 2025 Altstaedt & Chan11 Jan 2026 Jussen & Rustioni8 Feb 2026 Celebratory concert for Ralf Weikert’s 85th birthday22 Feb 2026 Monster's Paradise8 / 14 / 18 Mar / 10 / 12 Apr 2026 Messa da Requiem20 / 22 / 28 Feb / 1 / 5 / 7 Mar / 6 Apr 2026 Arabella14 / 18 / 22 / 25 / 28 Apr 2026 Romeo und Julia23 / 29 / 30 May / 2 / 4 / 6 / 7 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 23 / 26 Jun / 20 / 27 / 29 Nov / 6 / 13 / 19 / 26 / 27 Dec 2026 Open-Air-Concert28 Jun 2026 / 4 Jul 2027 Mühlemann & Noseda21 / 28 Mar / 1 Apr 2026 Europa-Tournee 2026 «Messa da Requiem»22 / 23 / 25 / 26 / 29 / 31 Mar 2026 Die Zauberflöte20 / 25 Sept / 6 / 18 / 21 / 24 / 30 Oct 2026 / 2 / 8 / 18 / 20 / 23 Apr 2027 La rondine24 / 27 Sept / 1 / 10 / 15 Oct 2026 Ein Sommernachtstraum26 Sept / 11 / 16 / 18 / 25 / 28 / 29 / 31 Oct / 12 / 13 / 14 Nov 2026 / 19 / 22 / 29 Jun / 3 Jul 2027 1th Philharmonic Concert3 Oct 2026 Alice im Wunderland8 / 15 / 19 / 21 / 26 / 28 Nov / 6 Dec 2026 / 2 / 7 / 8 / 10 / 17 Jan 2027 Elektra22 / 26 Nov / 2 / 5 / 10 / 13 / 16 Dec 2026 Das Rheingold29 Nov / 4 / 12 / 17 Dec 2026 Gabetta & Noseda7 Nov 2026 Manon Lescaut11 / 15 / 18 / 22 / 26 Dec 2026 Fuchs & Jordan1 / 2 Jan 2027 Trifonov & Järvi16 Jan 2027 Die Walküre24 / 31 Jan / 3 / 6 Feb 2027 Doctor Atomic7 / 11 / 14 / 20 / 24 / 28 Feb 2027 Roméo et Juliette12 / 19 / 21 Feb / 2 / 5 Mar 2027 Sorita & Lyniv14 Feb 2027 La fanciulla del west25 / 28 Feb / 3 / 7 Mar / 4 / 7 / 10 / 16 Apr 2027 L'elisir d'amore25 / 27 / 29 Apr / 2 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 14 / 17 / 21 May 2027 Balanas & Peltokoski18 Apr 2027 Requiem pour Ophélie4 / 7 / 9 May 2027 See the music, hear the dance22 / 28 May / 6 / 10 / 12 / 15 / 25 / 26 / 27 Jun 2027 Don Pasquale23 / 27 / 30 May / 4 / 6 / 11 Jun 2027 Samson et Dalila13 / 17 / 20 / 24 / 27 / 30 Jun / 2 / 9 Jul 2027 La bohème16 / 18 / 23 Jun / 4 / 7 / 10 Jul 2027 Don Carlo1 / 6 / 8 / 11 Jul 2027 Viotti29 May 2027 Rachmaninov – Die drei Opern1 / 4 / 8 / 15 / 18 / 21 / 28 Nov 2026 Benefiz «amiamusica»2 Oct 2026

Abstract

In William Shakespeare’s drama “Romeo und Julia”, the power of love enables two young people to transcend the limits of ordinary human existence. Through Sergei Prokofiev’s music, the star-crossed lovers of Verona have also conquered the ballet stage. His richly coloured, passionate score captures with striking clarity the clash of love and hatred, and the tension between tenderness and violence.
Cathy Marston brings the world’s most famous love story to the stage with Ballett Zürich, presenting a universe of stark contrasts in which everything can be overturned in the blink of an eye. Just around the corner, either the love of your life awaits—or death. This production marks the first collaboration between the Director of Ballett Zürich and General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda.

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Photo Gallery "Romeo and Juliet"

Studio Trailer «Romeo und Julia»

Images from the studio “Romeo und Julia”

The poster motif “Romeo und Julia” © Gary Yeoh (Calla)