Roméo et Juliette, Dress Rehearsal, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg 7. Aug 2010

Today it has been the dress rehearsal of Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" which will be premiered on 10. Aug 2010 at the Salzburger Festspiele 2010, starring Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala in the title roles.

The production is drected by Bartlett Sher and it was first performed at the Salzburger Festspiele 2008. Anna Netrebko was scheduled to sing those performances opposite Rolando Villazón, but she withdraw due to pregnancy of her son Tiago being replaced by Nino Machaidze. A DVD of those performances was later released by Deutsche Grammophon.

Opera performances of Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" at the Salzburger Festspiele 2010, with Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala in the title roles, are scheduled on 10., 13., 16., 20. and 23. August 2010.

Charles Gounod • Roméo et Juliette

Opera in five acts

Text by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet

Dress rehearsal

Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg 7. Aug 2010

LEADING TEAM

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Bartlett Sher, Stage Director

Michael Yeargan, Set Design

Catherine Zuber, Costume Design

Jennifer Tipton, Lighting

Chase Brock, Choreography

B. H. Barry, Battle scenes

Thomas Lang, Chorus Master

CAST

Anna Netrebko, Juliette

Piotr Beczala, Roméo

Mikhail Petrenko, Frère Laurent

Darren Jeffery, Le Comte Capulet

Russell Braun, Mercutio, friend of Roméo

Cora Burggraaf, Stéphano, page of Roméo

Michael Spyres, Tybalt, nephew of Capulet

Susanne Resmark, Gertrude, nurse of Juliet

David Soar, Le Duc de Vérone

Mathias Hausmann, Le Comte Paris

Andrei Bondarenko, Grégorio

Adrian Strooper, Benvolio, nephew of Montaigu

Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus

Photos

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Darren Jeffrey (Le Comte Capulet). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Piotr Beczala (Roméo), Robert Murray (Benvolio), Russell Braun (Mercutio), Cora Burggraaf (Page of Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus

Roméo et Juliette, Salzburger Festspiele 2010, Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Piotr Beczala (Roméo). Photo: © Hermann, Clärchen & Matthias Baus