Roméo et Juliette

Shakespeare Love Story in HD February 12

The Met: Live in HD reunites the electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau in a new production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, screened at San Juan Community Theatre on Sunday, February 12 at 2:00 p.m.

Hailed by The New York Times for singing “with white-hot sensuality and impassioned lyricism,” Damrau and Grigolo star as the tragic lovers in Shakespeare’s classic story. Director Bartlett Sher’s new production also features Virginie Verrez as Stéphano, Elliot Madore as Mercutio, and Mikhail Petrenko as Frère Laurent. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the sumptuous score. Sher’s staging is a La Scala production, initially presented by the Salzburg Festival, where it premiered in 2008. 

Roméo et Juliette first opened to great success in 1867, and the opera premiered at the Met in 1884, which was sung in Italian and starred Italo Campanini as Roméo and Marcella Sembrich as Juliette. Since its Met premiere, the opera has been staged 329 times to date.

The Met: Live in HD tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for SJCT members and $10 for student reserved.   Due to a financial agreement with the Met, no SJCT coupons are accepted for these productions. Tickets are available on-line at www.sjctheatre.org or at the SJCT Box Office: 378-3210.

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