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I Capuleti ed i Montecchi

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bellini's opera to a libretto by Felice Romani based on the story of Romeo and Juliet. It inspired Bellini to new melodic heights, in a score of exquisitely shaped vocal lines, particularly in the elegiac music for the star-crossed young lovers. Sung in Italian. (soprano) (mezzo) (tenor) (bass)
(bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra conductor Daniele Gatti
Act 1
8.50 Less is
Amore Leslie Forbes talks to a medley of Italian romantics about the Recline and Fall of the Latin Lover.
9.10 Act 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Felice Romani
Conductor:
Daniele Gatti
Talks:
Amore Leslie Forbes
Giulietta, Capellio's daughter:
Amanda Roocroft
Romeo, leader of the Montecchi:
Anne Sofie von Otter
Tebaldo, a Capulet partisan:
Keith Lewis
Capellio, leader of the Capuleti:
Mark Beesley
Lorenzo, physician and adviser to Capellio:
Alastair Miles
Source: Radio Times

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