CHARLES GOUNOD
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
CONTENTS
P.
4
SYNOPSIS P.
6
AN ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH ADRIAN MOURBY P.
14
CHARLES GOUNOD P.
18
SPANNING THE DIVIDE GAVIN PLUMLEY
P.
24
SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO – AS IF WRITTEN FOR MUSIC HANS ULRICH BECKER P.
30
GOUNOD AND VIENNA – STEPS TOWARDS SUCCESS MICHAEL JAHN P.
38
IMPRINT
CHARLES GOUNOD
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE DRAME LYRIQUE in five acts and a prologue Libretto JULES PAUL BARBIER & MICHEL FLORENTIN CARRÉ after WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
ORCHESTRA
2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo) 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais) 2 clarinets / 2 bassoons 4 horns / 2 trumpets / 3 trombones timpani / percussion / 2 harps violin I / violin II / viola cello / double bass
WORLD PREMIÈRE 27 APRIL 1867 Théâtre-Lyrique, Paris (first version) 20 JANUARY 1873 Opéra-Comique, Salle Favart, Paris (second version) 28 NOVEMBER 1888 Opéra, Salle Garnier, Paris (third version) PREMIÈRE AT THE HOUSE ON THE RING 30 MAY 1869 Vienna Court Opera DURATION
3H
INCL. 1 INTERMISSION
CHARLES GOUNOD
“THERE’S ONLY ONE PLACE WHERE A COMPOSER CAN MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF: THE THEATRE”