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Gounod - Romeo et Juliette from the Met

05/05/2018

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Gounod - Romeo et Juliette from the Met

Gounod's Romeo et Juliette from the New York Met, conducted by Placido Domingo.

The final Met broadcast of the season is Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, with Ailyn Perez and Charles Castronovo as Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers. Placido Domingo conducts.

The final opera in this year's Met season is Gounod's take on Romeo and Juliet. A success since its premiere in 1859, Gounod's opera follows Shakespeare's story faithfully, and includes some magnificent duets for the star-crossed lovers, sung tonight by Ailyn Pérez and Bryan Hymel. Plácido Domingo conducts. 

Presented from New York by Mary Jo Heath and Ira Siff. 

Gounod Roméo et Juliette
Juliette ..... Ailyn Pérez (Soprano)
Roméo ..... Charles Castronovo (Tenor)
Stéphano ..... Karine Deshayes (Soprano)
Mercutio ..... Joshua Hopkins (Baritone)
Frere Laurent ..... Kwangchul Youn (Bass)

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Plácido Domingo (Conductor).

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