Organization

Glimmerglass Festival

Conductor

Evan Rogister

Stage director

Simon Godwin

Set designer

Daniel Soule

Costume designer

Loren Shaw

Lighting designer

Robert Wierzel

Singer

Soprano

Rosa Feola

Juliet

Tenor

Adam Smith

Romeo

Bass

Nicolas Testé

Friar Laurent

Baritone

Justin Austin

Mercutio

Duke Kim

Tybalt

Bass-baritone

Donovan Singletary

Count Capulet

Mezzo-soprano

Jill Grove

Gertrude

Washington National Opera

Orchestra

The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra

Winona Martin

Stephano

French

Roméo et Juliette -  (Romeo and Juliet)

Washington D.C.

United States

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Opera House

Roméo et Juliette Gounod

Public

Private

Romeo and Juliet

English

Approved

United by love…divided by fate.
Feuding families. Forbidden love. Doomed fate. So much is stacked against young Romeo and Juliet—and yet—love finds a way. Gounod’s opera is a grand and sweeping retelling of one of the most tragic love stories of all time. Everything you want from the captivating saga is here, from soaring music to exquisite duets to heart-stopping duels.

With Romeo and Juliet, WNO joins organizations across the Washington, D.C. region in an exciting festival celebrating the works of William Shakespeare. Simon Godwin, Artistic Director of Shakespeare Theatre Company, directs a phenomenal cast in his highly anticipated opera directorial debut. Even as their fate looms above them, you’ll root for this young couple and their ecstatic love that transcends life itself.

Music by Charles Gounod / Libretto by Jules Barber and Michael Carré after William Shakespeare’s play
In French with Projected English Titles
Composed 1867

The scenery and costumes for this production of Romeo and Juliet are co-produced by Glimmerglass Festival and Washington National Opera

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Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer