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Roméo et Juliette
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- Salzburger Festspiele
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- Summary
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An opera in five acts by Charles Gounod is loosely taken from Shakespeare's play of two lovers unable to live without each other, and their feuding families.
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- Creator
- Charles Gounod ; text by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after William Shakespeare ; a co-production of ORF and Unitel Classica in cooperation with Salzburg Festival
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- French
- Contributors
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- Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Roméo et Juliette
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet
- Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist
- Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist
- Machaidze, Nino, 1983- performer
- Villazón, Rolando, performer
- Petrenko, Mikhail, 1976- performer
- Braun, Russell, 1968- performer
- Burggraaf, Cora, performer
- Struckmann, Falk, performer
- Gatell, Juan Francisco, 1978- performer
- Resmark, Susanne, performer
- Van Horn, Christian, performer
- Hausmann, Mathias, performer
- Ballestra, Jean-Luc, performer
- Murray, Robert, 1976- performer
- Nézet-Séguin, Yannick, 1975- conductor
- Sher, Bartlett, director
- Yeargan, Michael, set designer
- Zuber, Catherine, costume designer
- Large, Brian
- Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
- Mozarteum-Orchester
- Österreichischer Rundfunk
- Unitel Classica (Firm)
- Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
- Publication
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- Widescreen version
- Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, [2009]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- 2 videodiscs (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocn311095692
- Credits
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- Nino Machaidze (Juliette) ; Rolando Villazón (Roméo) ; Mikhail Petrenko (Frère Laurent) ; Russell Braun (Mercutio) ; Cora Burggraaf (Stéphano) ; Falk Struckmann (Comte Capulet) ; Juan Francisco Gatell (Tybalt) ; Susanne Resmark (Gertrude) ; Christian van Horn (Duc de Vérone) ; Mathias Hausmann (Comte Pâris) ; Jean-Luc Ballestra (Grégorio) ; Robert Murray (Benvolio) ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg ; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
- Staged by Bartlett Sher ; stage design, Michael Yeargan ; costumes, Catherine Zuber ; directed by Brian Large
- Opera in 5 acts.
- Booklet with program notes in English (28 p.) inserted in container.
- Bonus features : behind the scenes, Romeo and Juliet documentary, introductions by Villazón.
- Recorded in performance, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg Festival 2008.
- DVD ; soundtracks in DTS 5.0, PCM stereo ; aspect ratio 16:9; region code: 0 (worldwide).
- Sung in French ; with optional subtitles in French, English, German, Spanish or Chinese.