Roméo et Juliette is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris on 27 April 1867. This opera is notable for the...
GOUNOD'S ROMEO et Juliette may not come within hailing distance of Prokofiev's great ballet score on Shakespeare's drama - but it makes the perfect vehicle for the re-entry of Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna to the Covent Garden firmament. No matter that Gounod's choral writing is flo...
1 'Classical' (1) - by Prokofiev. SERGIU CELIBIDACHE - conducting Bolero - by Ravel. SIMON RATTLE - conducting Berliner Philharmoniker - Mahler Symphony No 2, 'Resurrection' WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER - conducting Symphony no. 1, 5/6 - by Brahms....
Roméo et Juliette is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris on 27 April 1867. This opera is notable for the...