Opera in five acts music by GOUNOD libretto by JULES BARBIER and MICHAL carre , after SHAKESPEARE sung in French on gramophone records Cast in order of singing:
Tybalt ROBERT CARDONA (tenor) Paris YVES BISSON (baritone)
Capulet CLAUDE cales (baritone) Juliet MIRELLA FRENI (soprano) Mercutio HENRI GUI (baritone) Romeo FRANCO CORELLI (tenor) Gertrude MICHÈLE VILMA
(mezzo-soprano) Gregorio
CHRISTES CRIGORIOU
(baritone)
Friar Laurence
XAVIER DEPRAZ (bass)
Stephano, Romeo's page
ELIANE LUBLIN (soprano)
Renvolio MAURICE AUZEVILLE
(tenor)
The Duke of Verona
PIERRE THAU (bass)
PARIS OPERA CHORUS AND
ORCHESTRA conducted by ALAIN LOMBARD The action takes place in Verona
Act 1 A hall in the Capulets' palace
Act 2 The Capulets' garden