Don't miss Vincenzo Bellini's adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the Opera Bastille, Paris, 2022.
To a libretto based on a literary source predating Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Vincenzo Bellini created one of the finest examples of romantic bel canto. The orchestra, with its remarkable economy of means, and the work's supremely elegant vocal lines combine to offer the purest, most authentic dramatic expression. Under the baton of Speranza Scappucci, Marianne Crebassa and Julie Fuchs embody the star-crossed lovers in Robert Carsen's elegant and refined staging.
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Lyric tragedy in two acts (1830)
Music:
Vincenzo Bellini - (1801 - 1835)
Libretto:
Felice Romani
Conductor:
Speranza Scappucci
Director:
Robert Carsen
Set design and Costume design:
Michael Levine
Lighting design:
Davy Cunningham
Chorus master:
Ching-Lien Wu
Capellio:
Jean Teitgen
Giulietta:
Julie Fuchs
Romeo:
Anna Goryachova
Tebaldo:
Francesco Demuro
Lorenzo:
Krzysztof Bączyk