Description
How many composers have been inspired by the two lovers from Verona depicted by Shakespeare? From Vincenzo Bellini and Hector Berlioz to Leonard Bernstein, the list is long. If Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, first performed during the Universal Exhibition of 1867, enjoyed immediate popularity it is doubtless because this is the version that translates the tumultuous lives of the celebrated lovers with the greatest finesse.
Four love duets, a fiery waltz and luminous, lyrical music: the entire score seems to tremble with desire and freshness. Who better than Thomas Jolly, one of the most inventive directors of his generation, reputed for his audacious re‑readings of Shakespeare, to celebrate this hymn to youth? Following his Eliogabalo by Cavalli in 2016, he signs his second collaboration with the Paris Opera.
The Paris Opera Orchestra and ChorusA co-production by Opéra National de Paris and Act 4 Productions
With the participation of France Télévisions
With the support of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, the Orange Foundation, Sponsor of the Paris Opera's audiovisual broadcasts, and the POP Circle
© Ex Nihilo – Opéra national de Paris - 2025
Description
Roméo: A young nobleman from the Montaigu family
Juliette: Capulet’s daughter
Stéphano: Roméo’s page
Gertrude: Juliette’s nurse
Capulet: Juliette’s father, the head of a leading Veronese family
Friar Laurent
Mercutio: Friend of Roméo
Tybalt: Juliette’s cousin
Pâris: Juliette’s fiancéDescription
Prologue - Act 1
00:00:55
Act 2
00:40:00
Act 3
01:04:55
Act 4
01:39:12
Act 5
02:21:40
Creatives
Music Libretto Jules Barbier,
Michel Carré
Conductor Director Artistic collaboration Set design Costume design Costume Assistant Magdaléna Calloc’h
Lighting design Choreography Choreography assistant Ema Yuasa
Combat collaborator Ran Arthur Braun
Cast
Extras
Included with your purchase