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The Independent (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
The programme's cover image – Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull grinning like a toothy glitterball – is disconcerting: had Opera North changed its mind? Was it Hamlet rather than Gounod's Roméo et Juliette we were about to see? Would the company's latest Shakespeare show, directed by John Fulljames, turn out to be more bling than breathtaking? In fact, the set and lighting designers, Johan Engels...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 31/03/2008
The exceedingly star-crossed lovers created by Shakespeare in his tragic tale of two Italian families locked in perpetual and foolhardy conflict, are naturals for musical treatment. Their every line is a kind of song. If Charles Gounod didn't capture all of that potential in his 1867 opera Romeo et Juliette, he certainly came close, pouring out some of his finest melodies and most beautifully nuanced...
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Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 18/03/2008
Although Salzburger Festspiele's official website has alread confirmed soprano Ailyn Pérez singing Juliette for the August 18th performance of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette -- the same Roméo et Juliette that our pregnant Anna Netrebko pulled out of to prepare her...
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PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 31/12/2007
Tonight's performance of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at the Metropolitan Opera marks the company's first New Year's Eve gala in five years. To celebrate, the Met is offering the public a free fireworks display — with confetti — designed by the house's own technical department.
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The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 18/12/2007
Before betting for the Oscar pool, check in with Entertainment Weekly's Cheat Sheet for the awards season. The Met Opera's first moviecast scores big box office numbers: "The first transmission, on Saturday, December 15 -- Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, starring Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna, conducted by Plácido Domingo -- drew a worldwide audience of 97,000. 435 venues (477 screens) in the United...
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 18/12/2007
"The first transmission, on Saturday, December 15 -- Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, starring Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna, conducted by Plácido Domingo -- drew a worldwide audience of 97,000. 435 venues (477 screens) in the United States and Canada sold approximately 77,000 tickets; 100 international venues (100 screens) sold an additional 20,000 tickets."...
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PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 15/12/2007
This afternoon, the Metropolitan Opera kicks off the second season of its wildly successful live high-definition simulcasts into movie theaters. The opening presentation of the Met's 2007-08 "Live in HD" series is Gounod's Roméo et Juliette , starring Roberto Alagna and Anna Netrebko and conducted by Plácido Domingo. The live feed begins at 1 p.m. U.S. Eastern time.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 14/12/2007
Placido Domingo has canceled his Jan. 4 appearance at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise. The celebrated Spanish tenor, who is currently conducting Gounod's Romeo et Juliette at the Metropolitan Opera, was forced to cancel due to the BankAtlantic Center's failure to provide a facility to rehearse the orchestra, said Edgar Vincent, Domingo's representative.
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 14/12/2007
This time last year, the Metropolitan Opera's foray into high-def simulcasts in movie theaters across the country was a quixotic experiment. Now, the second simulcast season, opening tomorrow with an all-star performance of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, feels like an institution - with Washington Opera, La Scala and no doubt others catching on to the idea.
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 28/11/2007
TV News: Opera performances going In Demand come Jan. -- Metropolitan Opera performances are coming to pay per view in January through a deal with In Demand, which kicks off in January with a high-definition tape of Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette," conducted byPlacidoDomingocq.
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The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 28/11/2007
Want to fast-forward through the snoozy parts of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette ? (Like, who doesn't, right? ) You'll be able to in January, when the Metropolitan Opera will be available pay-per-view through a deal with In Demand. Variety reports : "This deal is a logical outgrowth of our arrangement to transmit eight of our operas this year to more than 600 movie theaters throughout the globe," said...
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Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 28/11/2007
In Demand kicks things off with Gounod's Romeo et Juliette.
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Black Family Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2007
Charlotte-area movie theaters will once again show live Metropolitan Opera performances, starting with Gounod's Romeo et Juliette at 1 p.m. on Dec. 15. Tickets go on sale Friday.The Met's 2007-2008 series of high-definition transmissions, will be shown at Stonecrest at Piper Glen Stadium 22 and at AMC Concord Mills 24, theaters that filled to [...]
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PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 19/10/2007
The tenor-go-round in the Metropolitan Opera's current revival of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette finally has all its painted horses in place (to extend a metaphor). The four December performances of the opera for which the role of Romeo had not been cast will be shared by Roberto Alagna and Joseph Kaiser, both of whom have sung the part at the Met this fall.
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Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 15/10/2007
Marcello Giordani as Roméo (singing for an ill Joseph Kaiser) to Anna Netrebko's Juliette last week at the NYC Metropolitan Opera's production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette...packin some heat under those turquoise pyjammies. marcello whar do u live i want...
