Name: Roméo et Juliette
Start: 2016-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Admin

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Diana Damrau

Juliet

Amanda Woodbury

Pretty Yende

Tenor

Vittorio Grigolo

Romeo

Stephen Costello

Baritone

Elliot Madore

Mercutio

Yunpeng Wang

Bass

Mikhail Petrenko

Friar Laurent

Matthew Rose

Mezzo-soprano

Virginie Verrez

Stephano

Paula Murrihy

Diana Montague

Gertrude

Margaret Lattimore

Diego Silva

Tybalt

Sean Panikkar

Tony Stevenson

Benvolio

David Crawford

Paris

Bass-baritone

Laurent Naouri

Count Capulet

Philip Horst

Oren Gradus

The Duke

Jeongcheol Cha

Gregory

Conductor

Gianandrea Noseda

Emmanuel Villaume

Stage director

Bartlett Sher

Set designer

Michael Yeargan

Costume designer

Catherine Zuber

Lighting designer

Jennifer Tipton

Choreographer

Chase Brock

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

French

Roméo et Juliette -  (Romeo and Juliet)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Tony Award–winning director Bartlett Sher’s new staging of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette updates the action to 18th-century Verona and conjures both the magic and heartbreak of this timeless love story. Tenor Vittorio Grigolo and soprano Diana Damrau enchanted audiences as Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, with Damrau displaying glittering coloratura virtuosity and Grigolo delivering passionate longing and a moving rendition of the famous aria “Ah! lève-toi, soleil!” On the podium, maestro Gianandrea Noseda draws a wealth of orchestral color from Gounod’s lush score.

Production booklet

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