Charles Gounod’s gripping opera Roméo et Juliette unfolds the full intensity of its music in this production at the Teatro Real, featuring Carlo Rizzi’s impeccable musical direction and Thomas Jolly’s monumental staging. The stellar cast of singers transports us to a dark Verona, with standout performances from the stars Nadine Sierra as Juliette and Javier Camarena as Roméo.
The story is based on William Shakespeare’s immortal drama about literature’s most famous secret romance, in which Roméo and Juliette fall victim to the destructive rivalry and age-old hatred between the Montague and Capulet families. A musical gem of French opera, it stands out for arias such as Juliette’s vibrant waltz ‘Je veux vivre’.
Opera in five acts
Music by Charles-François Gounod (1818-1893)
Libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, based on the homonymous play (1597) by William Shakespeare
Production of Teatro Real, in co-production with Opéra national de Paris
Artistic team
Conductor | Carlo Rizzi
Stage director | Thomas Jolly
Set designer | Bruno de Lavenère
Costume designer | Sylvette Dequest
Lighting designer | Antoine Travert
Choreography | Josépha Madoki
Chorus master | José Luis Basso
Cast
Juliette | Nadine Sierra
Roméo | Javier Camarena
Fray Laurent | Roberto Tagliavini
Mercutio | Benjamin Appl
Stéphano | Héloïse Mas
Capulet | Laurent Naouri
Tybalt | Maciej Kwasnikowski
Gertrude | Sonia Ganassi
El duque de Verona | David Lagares
Pâris | Tomeu Bibiloni
Grégorio | Josep-Ramón Olivé
Benvolio | Pablo Martínez
Fray Jean | Javier Castañeda
Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
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