Jurgen Rose Artist Country: Germany

Biography of Jurgen Rose

Jurgen Rose, a renowned artist, is known for his work in ballet theaters as well as leading dramatic stages in Hamburg, Berlin's Schiller Theater, and the Residenztheater and Kammerspiele in Munich. Born in 1937, Jurgen Rose started his career as an assistant to Gustav Rudolf Zelner at the Landestheater Darmstadt after completing his studies.

In 1959-60, he secured his first contract as a set designer and artist at the state stage in Ulm. In 1961, Jurgen Rose created sets and costumes for Shakespeare's "As You Like It" at the Stuttgart Theater. It was during this work that he met John Cranko, who entrusted him with the set design for "Romeo and Juliet." This debut was followed by other notable works such as "Swan Lake," "The Firebird," "Onegin," "Initials R.B.M.E.," "Poem of Ecstasy," "Traces," and "The Merry Widow." "The Taming of the Shrew" became their final production, and after Cranko's death, Rose began working in Munich and Hamburg.

Since 1972, Rose has collaborated with John Neumeier, and their joint productions include "Daphnis and Chloe," "The Nutcracker," "Swan Lake," "Sleeping Beauty," "Romeo and Juliet," "The Lady of the Camellias," "The Firebird," "Peer Gynt," and "Cinderella." In addition to ballet theaters, Jurgen Rose has worked on leading dramatic stages in Hamburg, Berlin's Schiller Theater, and the Residenztheater and Kammerspiele in Munich.

He has collaborated with directors such as Litzau, Rudolf Noelte, Peter Stein, Thomas Langhoff, Dieter Dorn, and many others, creating Shakespearean productions such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Twelfth Night," "Troilus and Cressida," and "King Lear." He has also worked on Schiller's "The Robbers," Goethe's "Clavigo," "Tasso" and "Faust I," Buchner's "Death of Danton" and "Woyzeck," Chekhov's "Platonov" and "The Cherry Orchard," and Strindberg's "The Dance of Death."

Jurgen Rose's extensive work extends to opera stages in Stuttgart, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, New York, London, Salzburg, and Bayreuth. Here, he collaborated with directors such as Shank, Friedrich, Everding, Noelte, Rennert, Giancarlo del Monaco, and Dorn. He has designed sets for operas by Mozart, Wagner, Strauss, Verdi, and Berg.