Roméo et Juliette
Daniel Steibelt
A little-known version of the tragic history of the lovers of Verona, to (re)discover with relish.
Dates
Mélissa Petit | Juliette
Cyrille Dubois | Roméo
Emma Fekete | Cécile
Matthieu Lécroart | Count Capulet
Mathias Vidal | Cébas
Jean Kristof Bouton | Antonio
François Rougier | Alberti / Dom Fernand
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset | direction
Chœur de la Radio flamande
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Sung in French, surtitled in French/English
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Approx. running time : 1h50
About
Daniel Steibelt (1765-1823) was a composer, teacher, piano virtuoso and keen traveller, who criss-crossed Europe after fleeing a career as a soldier. He had already written many pieces for the piano when he penned his first opera, Roméo et Juliette, which was successful at its premiere and beyond, and was still being performed thirty years after its debut. The brass-heavy orchestration has a modern quality which was picked up on by Berlioz. A sleeping beauty awakened by the teams of the Palazzetto Bru Zane.
Coproduction Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française