Roméo et Juliette

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Charles Gounod

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Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet), Paris on 27 April 1867.

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• Synopsis of Roméo et Juliette (The Metropolitan Opera)
• Romeo et Juliette performed by the Baltimore Opera Company
• Facsimile of Gounod's ms at Juilliard library showing revisions to the end of act iii and opening of act iv.
• Ah! Je veux vivre! aria of Juliette (recording by Jana Lady Lou)

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