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I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Opéra Bastille - from 21 September to 14 October 2022

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Opera Vincenzo Bellini

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Opéra Bastille - from 21 September to 14 October 2022

2h55 with 1 interval

Language : Italian

Surtitle : French / English

Opening night : 21 Sept. 2022

About

In few words:

When, in 1830, Vincenzo Bellini took up the task of adapting Romeo and Juliet for La Fenice in Venice, he had only six weeks in which to compose an opera. Felice Romani, his librettist ever since his first successful opera, Il Pirata, chose to go back, beyond Shakespeare, to the Italian sources of the myth. The drama is now more sombre: the quarrel between the two families has become a veritable war. In the very title chosen by Bellini, the families’ names have eclipsed those of Romeo and Juliet, just as the conflict poisons their passion. The opera also resurrects a scene that Shakespeare omitted: when Juliet, whom Romeo believed to be dead, awakens in the tomb, the two lovers are permitted a brief exchange before succumbing to eternal sleep. The director Robert Carsen sets the lyrical expression of these inextricably entwined lives in an austere decor illuminated by ardent love. A love transcended by Bellini's tender, dreamlike score.

ACT I
In the Capuleti palace.
The Capuleti leader, Capellio, informs his supporters that Romeo, leader of the Montecchi, is sending an ambassador to propose peace between the two enemy factions. Despite Lorenzo’s advice, Capellio refuses any negotiation because Romeo has killed his son. Tebaldo swears to avenge him and urges Capellio to hasten his marriage to Giulietta. The ambassador arrives: it is Romeo, incognito. He proposes that Giulietta (with whom he is secretly in love) marry Romeo to seal the reconciliation between the two families. Faced with Capellio’s inflexibility, he realises that conflict is inevitable.
In Giulietta’s bedroom.
Giulietta has learned that she is to marry Tebaldo on the same day. She despairs because she is in love with Romeo. Lorenzo ushers Romeo in through a secret passage. Romeo pleads in vain with Giulietta to elope with him; she refuses, citing honour and filial love. The arrival of Capellio forces the young man to flee.
In the Capuleti palace.
The wedding between Giulietta and Tebaldo is about to take place. Disguised, Romeo joins the guests, determined to do anything to prevent the union. His supporters have secretly entered the city and a battle breaks out between the two clans. Giulietta is torn between her love and her concern for her family. Romeo once again comes to beg her to flee with him. They are surprised by Capellio and Tebaldo. Unmasked, Romeo is saved only by the arrival of his friends.

ACT II
In the Capuleti palace.
Lorenzo reassures Giulietta about Romeo’s fate: he has escaped unscathed from the battle that followed the aborted wedding. But Capellio has not given up. Lorenzo offers Giulietta a final means of escaping the marriage: to drink a potion that will plunge her into a deep sleep that will look like death. She is taken to the family vault, where he and Romeo will await her awakening. At first frightened, the young woman accepts this ploy. Capellio once again orders his daughter to marry Tebaldo. Giulietta begs her father’s forgiveness and returns falteringly to her room. Capellio orders that Lorenzo, whom he distrusts, be put under close surveillance.
Outside the Capuleti palace.
Romeo searches for Lorenzo. Surprised by Tebaldo, who recognises him, he is about to fight a duel when a chorus of lamentations interrupts them. A funeral procession mourns Giulietta’s death. The two men, devastated, stop fighting.
In the Capuleti vault.
Romeo enters the vault and asks his friends to leave him alone for a moment. He takes poison. Giulietta slowly wakes from her lethargy, glad to see her lover at her side. Romeo, aghast, realises his mistake. Despite Giulietta’s pleas, he dies in her arms. The young girl collapses over his body, while the Capuleti and Montecchi enter and accuse each other of the death of the two lovers.

CHARACTERS

Giulietta: Capellio’s daughter, in love with Romeo
Romeo: Leader of the Montecchi, in love with Giulietta
Capellio: Head of the Capuleti family and father of Giulietta
Tebaldo: Capuleti follower and Romeo’s rival
Lorenzo: Doctor and advisor to the Capuleti family

Opening
First part 90 mn
Intermission 30 mn
Second part 55 mn
End

I Capuleti e i Montecchi: the true-false story

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi: the true-false story

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Lyric tragedy in two acts (1830)

Music :

Vincenzo Bellini - (1801 - 1835)

Libretto :

Felice Romani

Conductor :

Speranza Scappucci

Director :

Robert Carsen

Set design and Costume design :

Michael Levine

Lighting design :

Davy Cunningham

Chorus master :

Ching-Lien Wu
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

Les Capulet et les Montaigu fait l’objet d’une captation réalisée par François Roussillon, coproduite par l’Opéra national de Paris et FRA prod, avec la participation de France Télévisions, le soutien du CNC et de la Fondation Orange, mécène des retransmissions audiovisuelles de l’Opéra national de Paris.

Ce spectacle sera retransmis le 29 septembre 2022 à 19h30 sur France.tv/Culturebox et également, avec le concours de FRA cinéma, dans les cinémas UGC, dans le cadre de leur saison « Viva l’Opéra ! » et dans des cinémas indépendants en France et en Europe, et ultérieurement dans le monde entier. Diffusion le 31 octobre 2022 dans les cinémas CGR. Diffusion ultérieure sur une chaîne de France Télévisions.
Giulietta :

Julie Fuchs

Ruth Iniesta

(27/09, 29/09, 01/10)

Romeo :

Anna Goryachova

Capellio :

Jean Teitgen

Tebaldo :

Francesco Demuro

Lorenzo :

Krzysztof Bączyk

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Gallery

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (1)

1/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (3)

2/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (2)

3/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (4)

4/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (5)

5/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (6)

6/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (7)

7/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (8)

8/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (9)

9/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (10)

10/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (11)

11/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (12)

12/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (13)

13/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (14)

14/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (15)

15/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (16)

16/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (17)

17/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (18)

18/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (19)

19/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (20)

20/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (21)

21/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (22)

22/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (23)

23/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (24)

24/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (25)

25/36 : I Capuleti e i Montecchi (season 22/23) © Emilie Brouchon / OnP

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (26)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (27)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (28)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (29)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (30)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (31)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (32)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (33)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (34)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (35)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi 22-23 © Emilie Brouchon - OnP (36)

1/5 : [EXTRAIT] I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Bellini

2/5 : [EXTRAIT] I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Bellini (Anna Goryachova)

3/5 : [EXTRAIT] I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Bellini

4/5 : [EXTRAIT] I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Bellini (Anna Goryachova & Julie Fuchs)

5/5 : [INTERVIEW] Robert Carsen about LES CAPULET ET LES MONTAIGU

Audio clips

Les Capulet et les Montaigu (saison 22/23) - Acte 2 - Anna Goryachova

Les Capulet et les Montaigu (saison 22/23) - Acte 1 - Chœur - Lieta Notte Aventurosa

Les Capulet et les Montaigu (saison 22/23)- Acte 1 - Anna Goryachova (Air De Romeo)

Les Capulet et les Montaigu (saison 22/23)- Acte 1

About the work

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Draw-me I Capuleti e i Montecchi

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