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In French with projected English titles
Romeo and Juliet
Gounod
February 22 – March 19
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He’s a Montague and she’s a Capulet
– families who have hated each other
for centuries. Yet when Romeo meets
Juliet, they fall instantly and rapturously
in love. Secretly, they marry – but
Shakespeare’s famed young couple is
ultimately doomed. Everything that
could have been is lost as they die
tragically in each other’s arms.
The world’s most famous love story
finds new dimension in Gounod’s
deeply romantic music. This is passion
personified, from tender intimacy to
ecstatic grandeur, including five iconic
love duets and soaring music for the
chorus and orchestra.
With her “exquisite” voice of “purity
and bloom”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Susanna Phillips
will be a Juliet to
remember, while
Joseph Calleja
and
Eric Cutler
embody all the elegance
and golden ardor that Romeo
demands.
ROMEO
Joseph Calleja
FEB MAR
)
Eric Cutler
MAR
)
JULIET
Susanna Phillips
‡
FRIAR
LAURENCE
Christian Van Horn
‡
STEPHANO
Marianne Crebassa*
MERCUTIO
Joshua Hopkins
CONDUCTOR
Emmanuel Villaume
DIRECTOR
Bartlett Sher*
SET DESIGNER
Michael Yeargan
COSTUME DESIGNER
Catherine Zuber
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Jennifer Tipton
CHORUS MASTER
Michael Black
Production owned by
The Metropolitan Opera.
NEW TO CHICAGO PRODUCTION
Lyric Opera presentation generously
made possible by the
NIB Foundation
and
Julie and Roger Baskes
.
*
LYRIC OPERA DEBUT
‡
RYAN OPERA CENTER ALUMNI