The Metropolitan Opera: Roméo et Juliette
The Metropolitan Opera: Roméo et Juliette
8.0 The Metropolitan Opera: Roméo et Juliette
2017, 3 h 30 m
Music, Drama
Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo are opera’s classic lovers in Gounod’s lush Shakespeare adaptation. Director Bartlett Sher’s “brilliant and inspired new production … is a revelation” (Huffington Post), and has already won acclaim for its vivid 18th-century milieu and stunning costumes during runs at Salzburg and La Scala. Emmanuel Villaume conducts the sumptuous score.