Name: Roméo et Juliette
Start: 1994-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1994-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

Organization

Costumi

Carlo Tommasi

Cantante

Baritono

Richard Halton

Paride

Direzione del coro

Terry Edwards

Direzione d'orchestra

Charles Mackerras

Basso

David Wilson-Johnson

Il duca di Verona

Regia

Nicolas Joël

Scenografia

Luci

Bruno Boyer

Tenore

Roberto Alagna

Romeo

Soprano

Leontina Vaduva

Giulietta

Paul Charles Clarke

Tebaldo

Basso-baritono

Peter Sidhom

Il conte Capuleti

Mezzosoprano

Sarah Walker

Gertrude

François Le Roux

Mercutio

Jeremy White

Gregorio

Anna-Maria Panzarella

Stefano

Robert Lloyd

Frate Lorenzo

Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Others

Chorus of the Royal Opera House

francese

Roméo et Juliette -  (Romeo e Giulietta)

Londra

Regno Unito

Main Stage

Charles-François Gounod's musical rendition of the timeless story of Romeo and Juliet is here directed for stage by Nicolas Joel, starring Roberto Alagna and Leontina Vaduva.

Gounod directly adapted his lyrical opera from William Shakespeare's play; the librettists thus remained very close to several characteristics of the play, such as Mercutio's famous "Queen Mab" speech and the balcony scene. After the warlike overture which illustrates the rivalry between the two families, the chorus tells the unavoidable tragedy:

"Verona, saw of old, two rival families:
The Montagues, the Capulets.
From their endless wars, to both of them fatal
Shed blood on the threshold of their palaces.
Like a vermilion ray shines in a stormy sky
Juliette appeared, and Roméo loved her."

The four duets between the two lovers express this sudden and passionate love and are among the most beautiful pieces of late French romanticism.

With this production, the young Roberto Alagna is propelled on the forefront of the international scene. Known as a reference interpreter of Romeo, he will go back to this role on numerous stages and on records. Together with Leontina Vaduva, they perfectly personify the dreamy and impassioned lovers.

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