
Bellini: The Capulets & the Montagues
Music · Drama
Overview
Vincenzo Bellini wrote two tragic operas for Teatro La Fenice: I Capuleti e i Montecchi and Beatrice di Tenda. The first, composed in 1830 and to the story of Romeo and Juliet but not based on Shakespeare but rather on an early nineteenth-century tragedy by Luigi Scevola in a new production by Arnaud Bernard (direction), Alessandro Camera (sets) and Maria Carla Ricotti (costumes), co-produced with Fondazione Arena di Verona (where it was presented at the Teatro Filarmonico in November 2013) and with the Greek National Opera of Athens. The cast includes Jessica Pratt and Mihaela Marcu as Giulietta; Sonia Ganassi and Paola Gardina as Romeo; Shalva Mukeria and Francesco Marsiglia as Tebaldo; Rubén Amoretti as Capellio; and Luca Dall’Amico as Lorenzo, conducted by Omer Meir Wellber.
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Jessica Pratt
Jessica Pratt
Giulietta
Jessica Pratt
Giulietta


Sonia Ganassi
Sonia Ganassi
Romeo
Sonia Ganassi
Romeo


Rubén Amoretti
Rubén Amoretti
Capellio
Rubén Amoretti
Capellio
Shalva Mukeria
Shalva Mukeria
Tebaldo
Shalva Mukeria
Tebaldo
Luca Dall'Amico
Luca Dall'Amico
Lorenzo
Luca Dall'Amico
Lorenzo
Coro del Teatro La Fenice
Coro del Teatro La Fenice
Coro
Coro del Teatro La Fenice
Coro
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