Organization

Christopher Allen

Conductor

Stage director

Matthew Ozawa

Singer

Tenor

Matthew White

Romeo

Soprano

Andriana Chuchman

Juliet

Baritone

Johnathan McCullough

Mercutio

Bass

Nicholas Newton

Friar Laurent

Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Benjamin Ruiz

Tybalt

French

Roméo et Juliette -  (Romeo and Juliet)

United States

Roméo et Juliette Gounod

Public

Romeo and Juliet

English

Approved

Til death do you together.

How can you heighten the drama of Shakespeare’s most famous play? By giving it the French grand opera treatment. Gounod’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet follows Shakespeare’s centuries-old tale and brings this familiar tragedy to an epic crescendo. Romeo Montague has fallen for Juliet Capulet, a member of a rival family in the City of Verona. They secretly marry, but family tensions come to a dramatic peak. A plan is hatched to keep them together; however, it plays out in all the wrong ways resulting in devastating tragedy. With an expansive score, gorgeous sets, and period costumes, you’ll see Shakespeare’s tale as you’ve never experienced it before.

Romeo and Juliet by Charles-François Gounod, From (2024/2024), Directed by Matthew Ozawa,, Conductor Christopher Allen

Credits (Cast & Crew)

Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Christopher Allen

Matthew Ozawa

Cast

Matthew White

Andriana Chuchman

Johnathan McCullough

Nicholas Newton

Benjamin Ruiz

Program, About & Synopsis

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