Farewell to applause: Goyo Montero's last premiere in Nuremberg

Farewell to applause: Goyo Montero's last premiere in Nuremberg

On Saturday evening, June 28, 2025, the opera house in Nuremberg experienced an emotional end: Goyo Montero celebrated his last premiere with the play "Malditos Benditos" (damn blessed). After 17 years he leaves the stage of the State Theater and changes to Hanover. The premiere ended with long -lasting, thunderous applause, which reflected the recognition and gratitude of the audience, which is immersed in a new era of dance.  

In his time at the top from 2008 to the current season, Montero created 25 premieres and shaped the ballet company of the State Theater Nuremberg into an internationally recognized institution in the dance scene. The farewell season was sold out with 96 percent, which underlines the great popularity and the influence of the choreographer. "Maldito's Benditos" consists of 16 scenes that are strongly linked to Montero's earlier works and are yet filled with fresh creativity.

a creative heritage

Montero presented a stylistic diversity that ranges from music of great composers such as John Dowland, Bach, Beethoven and Schubert to modern singer-songwriter pop by Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. The choreographies are known for their high athletics and the artistic expression and treat existential issues such as loneliness, melancholy, happiness in love, illness and death that are deeply rooted in human experiences.

A very special highlight of the staging was the duet, in which Montero's son, Theo Montero, started the song "Im Dorffe" from Schubert's "Winter trip". This gave the evening a warm and intimate note and closed the bow to his parents to his parents, which he praised in his farewell speech.

The future of the Nuremberg Ballet

director Jens-Daniel Herzog described Montero's time as a "era" and emphasized his significant influence on the state theater. Montero's commitment was also honored with the Bavarian Order of Merit. Richard Siegal will take the stage as the new choreographer of the Nuremberg Ballet next season, and the anticipation of fresh impulses will already be felt.

The production of "Malditos Benditos" runs until July 19, 2025 and offers the viewers the opportunity to get it carried away by Montero's impressive work again. Like the entire work, this performance is also a tribute to the people who enabled Monteros success. 300 chairs that served as a stage design symbolize the community that was always behind him.

This is how Goyo Montero says goodbye to an audience that was faithful to him for 17 years and whose words and movements will remain in the lively dance scene.

More about the last productions and the history of the ballet can be found at Tanznetz href = "https://deropernfreund.de/staatstheater-nuernberg/nuernberg-ballett-malditos-benditos-goyo-montero/"> The opera friend .