It is just in the middle of the jump

last Thursday, Nina Russi has skipped the rehearsal in the Opera house, reluctantly: "It is not good if in an orchestra rehearsal, the Director is missing." But it was the only way, because on the day of the Götz-Friedrich was in Stuttgart prize awarded, the most important music-theatre-prize for young scientists in German-speaking countries. Russi, who grew up in the Canton Aargau, in Hamburg, the Musical has studied and then assistant Director in the Opera world has slipped, received him as the first Swiss.

And clearly, she's happy about it. On the one hand, because the recognition of Aachen's staging of Bernstein's "Trouble in Tahiti" and "A Quiet Place" is, which is very important to her. And on the other hand, because it comes at the right Moment. It was "in the middle of the jump," says Russi: from the Director assistant to the Director, the Studio production on the big stage.

this is Where you will land, it will show in the next few years: "You didn't really get himself in the Hand, it depends on what are the chances of you." Sure is, that you will do anything to get ahead. She works a lot, "I am krass prepared and super organized". And when she hears that the young Director to get the inside anyway, at some point children to get in and out, it reacts grumpy: "this is something that can only bring men," she says, and Multitasking was one of her Strengths.

Outside of Zurich, rejects children's operas; she wants out of this drawer.

How much young women must still combat prejudice in the Opera world bench-press, it shows your previous career. Since 2007, she is assistant Director at the Zurich Opera house, three times they allowed themselves to stage: two children's operas ("Gold" and "The goose girl") and a world premiere on the Studio stage ("The dream of you" by Xavier Dayer). The first piece on the big stage, which she is currently rehearsing, "Coraline", so, again, a family Opera, "but a very cool piece, I couldn't say no."

Outside of Zurich, rejects children's operas currently, however, consistently; you want to be from this drawer, in of the Directors so willingly supplied. Some Directors react, stunned at such a no. But that doesn't matter, you get, in the meantime, plenty of "adult" offers: your next project is a Baroque Opera to a medium-sized German stage; more you can't tell yet, "but it is an ideal next step for me."

Positive and negative role models

Working Directors other than Directors? Yes and no, says Nina Russi. Of course, you have a female, decidedly psychological view on the works, "and fortunately have interested the composer often for their female characters". As important, however, is the view of her Generation, "with 35 I see the pieces differently than a 70-Year-old".

she has Learned from many: Jens Daniel Herzog and Robert Wilson (in the Zurich's "Norma", she also has a silent role), Andreas Homoki and Tatjana Gürbaca. And also of the many that you presented, what you don't want to: As an assistant, she has noticed that often, as directed by stars people have made; "this Hierarchical, this Step down is certainly not mine." Good directing work begins for you with a good atmosphere in the samples. Only on the stage, as you like it may also mean: "Coraline" will show it.

Created: 12.11.2019, 23:37 PM