Organization

Cantante

Soprano

Anna Netrebko

Giulietta

Ailyn Pérez

Tenore

Rolando Villazón

Romeo

John Osborn

Basso

Mikhail Petrenko

Frate Lorenzo

Baritono

Russell Braun

Mercutio

Mezzosoprano

Cora Burggraaf

Stefano

Basso-baritono

Falk Struckmann

Il conte Capuleti

In Sung Sim

Juan Francisco Gatell

Tebaldo

Susanne Resmark

Gertrude

Mathias Hausmann

Paride

Jean Luc Ballestra

Gregorio

Robert Murray

Benvolio

Direzione d'orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Regia

Bartlett Sher

Scenografia

Michael Yeargan

Costumi

Catherine Zuber

Luci

Jennifer Tipton

Salzburger Festspiele

Others

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Orchestra

Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper

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Roméo et Juliette -  (Romeo e Giulietta)

Salisburgo

Austria

Felsenreitschule

Although Charles Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" is less well known than his "Faust", he is blessed with four great, ravishing love duets that allow his two title roles to revel in lyrical luxury.

In this Salzburg Festival production, recorded at the Felsenreitschule, the title heroes are the much-praised Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón and the young Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze - two singers and personalities with the makings of a new "dream couple".

Villazón is "an ideal Roméo ... His vocal chords seem to have grown directly to his heart", writes Der Tagesspiegel about the exceptional artist and with this apt description Villazón's complete devotion to emotions, his hot-blooded stagecraft and his ability to achieve erotic fulfillment on the one hand and on the other hand, being able to express the hopelessness of his fate with his voice is fair.

His Juliette, Nino Machaidze, combines her graceful appearance with a bright, clear voice and an agile, youthful stage presence - a singer on the way to stardom! Broadway director Bartlett Sher and his team manage to bring Shakespeare's Verona to life with a few captivating props, many exquisite costumes and a dramaturgy that is always helpful to the plot.

However, in the eyes of many, the true discovery of the production is the young Montréal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who delivers Gounod's work with vibrancy and passion. In the words of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Nézet-Séguin immerses himself "so seriously in the specific charm of the score that all of its treasures, which are certainly there, are brought to light" and thus allows the Mozarteum Orchestra, with its fabulously differentiated playing, to sing a "hymn to a religious, aesthetic and erotic moments, reconciling sensuality … intone in floating, finely flavored sounds”.
This lively interpretation of 'Roméo et Juliette' makes this intensely lyrical work a worthy counterpart to Gounod's 'Faust'.

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