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Charles Gounod, Romeo and Juliet

Overture

Charles Gounod, Romeo and Juliet

I, 1: "L'heure s'envole"

I, 1: "Eh! Bien? cher Pâris!"

I, 1: "Ah! qu'elle est belle! ... Écoutez! écoutez!"

I, 1: "Allons! jeunes gens! Allons! Belles dames!"

I, 1: "Scene: Enfin la place est libre, amis!"

I, 2: "Mab, reine des mensonges"

I, 2: Recitative and scene "Eh! Bien! que l'avertissement"

I, 2: "Voyons nourrice, on m'attend, parle vite!"

I, 2: "Non! non! je ne veux pas t'écouter plus longtemps!"

I, 3: "Le nom de cette belle enfant?"

I, 3: "De grâce, demeurez!"

I, 5: Finale "Quelqu'un! ... C'est mon cousin Tybalt!"

I, 5: "C'était Roméo!"

II, 6: Entr'acte and Chorus

II, 6: "O nuit! sous ailes obscures abrite-moi!"

II, 7: "L'amour! l'amour!... Ah! lève-toi, soleil!"

II, 8: Scene and Chorus "Helas! moi, le haïr!"

II, 8: "Écoute! on vient!"

II, 9: Duet "O nuit divine!"

II, 9: "Ah! ne fuis pas encore!"

II, 9: "Adieu mille fois!...Va! Repose en paix!"

III, 10: Entr'acte and Scene

III, 10: "Mon père! Dieu vous garde!"

III, 11: Trio and Quartet "Dieu qui fit l'homme à ton image!"

III, 11: "Roméo! tu choisis Juliette pour femme?...O pur bonheur!"

III, 12: Song "Depuis hier je cherche en vain mon maître!" (Stephano)

III, 12 : "Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle" (Stephano)

III, 13: Finale "Ah! ah! voici nos gens!"

III, 13: "Quelle rage! Vertudieu!"

III, 13: "Allons! tu ne me connais pas, Tybalt"

III, 13: "Que le diable soit de vos deux maisons!"

III, 13: "O jour de deuil! O jour de larmes!"

III, 13 : "Le Duc! Le Duc!"

III, 13 : "Ah! jour de deuil et d'horreur et d'alarmes"

Charles Gounod, Romeo and Juliet

IV, 14 : "Va! je t'ai pardonné...Nuit d'hyménée"

IV, 14: "Romeo! qu'as-tu donc?"

IV, 15: Quartet "Juliette! ah! le ciel soit loué"

IV, 15: "Quoi! Ma fille, la nuit à peine est achevée"

IV, 15: "Que, l'hymne nuptial succède aux cris d'alarmes"

IV, 16: Scene "Mon père! tout m'accable!"

IV, 16: "Buvez donc ce breuvage"

IV, 16: "Hésitez-vous?"

IV, 17: Scene and Air "Dieu! quel frisson court dans mes veines?"

IV, 17: "Amour, ranime mon courage"

IV, 19: Finale "Ma fille, cède aux voeux du fiancé"

IV, 19: "La haine est le berceau de cet amour fatal!"

V, 21: Juliet's Sleep

V, 22: "C'est la!...Salut! tombeau! sombre et silencieux!"

V, 22: "O ma femme! O ma bien-aimée!"

V, 22: "A toi, ma Juliette!"

V, 22: "Console-toi, pauvre âme"

Gounod's Romeo and Juliet

Ted Huffman (stage director), Roberto Forés Veses (conductor) – With Julie Fuchs (Juliet), Benjamin Bernheim (Romeo), Svetlina Stoyanova (Stephano)...

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Cast

Ted Huffman — Stage director

Andrew Lieberman — Set designer

Annemarie Woods — Costumes designer

Franck Evin — Lighting designer

Pim Veulings — Choreographer

Julie Fuchs — Juliet

Benjamin Bernheim — Romeo

Program notes

Starring in one of Shakespeare’s operatic adaptations, soprano Julie Fuchs and tenor Benjamin Bernheim appear in perhaps the bard’s greatest love story—Romeo and Juliette! Since its creation in the theater in 1597, the work has gone on to inspire some of the great operatic tragedies for centuries, retelling the story of two young lovers amidst the rivalry of their respective families.

In this 5 act version by Charles Gounod from 1897, the plot is kept as close to the original as possible. However, the libretto by Barbier and Carré features a new scene where Roméo and Juliette express their love for each other standing over their graves, knowing that their fatal end is nigh. Surrounded by busts of the great Germanic composers, this production opens on a set filled with cocktail dresses and military uniforms reminiscent of the 1950’s. Each character evolves between the four walls of this gigantic box under a series of projections. Creating an oppressive ambiance, producer Ted Huffner places Verona at the heart of World War II. 

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