Shakespeare’s mythical couple to be celebrated on Valentine’s Day, Romeo and Juliet were immortalised by the Prokofiev’s ballet and above all by Charles Gounod’s opera, his masterpieces. Several productions have been announced for 2023, such as in Savonlinna, where they will be a ménage à quatre with Lisette Oropesa and Marjukka Tepponen as Juliette and Antonio Poli and Frédéric Antoun as Romeo, alternating. The most ardent Romeo remains Benjamin Bernheim who has Julie Fuchs as his partner at the Opernhaus in Zurich from 10 April to 18 May 2023 and then Elsa Dreisig at the Opéra Bastille. After an absence of almost 40 years, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette returns to the Opéra national de Paris (also starring Pretty Yende and Francesco Demuro) from 14 June to 15 July 2023 in the much-anticipated production of Thomas Jolly after the incredible success of his Starmania.
Romeo & Juliet (c) Savonlinna Opera Festival
