Roméo et Juliette by Gounod at the Zurich Opernhaus
Roméo et Juliette; ‘Drame lyrique’ in 5 acts by Charles Gounod (1818-1893); Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after the tragedy by William Shakespeare; First performance in Paris, Théâtre-Lyrique du Châtelet, 27 April 1867; Philharmonia Zürich, Roberto Forés Veses (Music Direction); Chor der Oper Zürich, Ernst Raffelsberger (Chorus Master); Ted Huffman (Stage director); Andrew Lieberman (Stage design), Annemarie Woods (Costumes), Franck Evin (Lighting), Pim Veulings (Choreography); Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo Montaigu); Julie Fuchs (Juliette Capulet); Svetlina Stoyanova (Stéphano); Yuriy Hadzetskyy (Mercutio); Maximilian Lawrie (Benvolio); David Soar (Le Comte Capulet); Katia Ledoux (Gertrude); Omer Kobiljak (Tybalt); Andrew Moore (Le Comte Paris); Jungrae Noah Kim (Gregorio); Brent Michael Smith (Frére Laurent); Valeriy Murga (Le Duc de Vérone); Zurich, Opernhaus, 10 April 2023 1273081_1 (180 min)