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Romeo and  Juliet fact sheet

Roméo et Juliette
Music: Charles Gounod
Libretto: Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
World premiere: April 27, 1867,  Théâtre Lyrique, Paris

Cast:   
Romeo: Duke Kim *
Juliet: Amina Edris *
Mercutio: Justin Austin *
Capulet: Craig Colclough
Friar Laurence: Wei Wu
Gertrude: Margaret Gawrysiak *
Tybalt: Yuntong Han †
Duke of Verona: Vinícius Costa †
Stephano: Laura Krumm *
Gregorio: Hyungjin Son †
Benvolio: Nathan Bowles †
Count Paris: Ryan Wolfe  ‡

Creative Team:
Conductor (Nov. 2-17): Domingo Hindoyan *
Conductor (Nov. 20-23):  Lina González-Granados
Original Production: Ian Judge
Director/Choreographer: Kitty McNamee
Scenic Design: John Gunter
Costume Design: Tim Goodchild
Lighting Design: Duane Schuler
Chorus Director: Jeremy Frank
Fight Director: Andrew Kenneth Moss
Intimacy Director: Sara E. Widzer

* LA Opera debut  
† Member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
‡ Alumnus of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program

Performance dates and times:  
November 2, 2024, at 7:30pm 
November 10, 2024, at 2pm
November 14, 2024, at 7:30pm
November 17, 2024, at 2pm
November 20, 2024, at 7:30pm
November 23, 2024, at 7:30pm 

Performed in French with English supertitles   

Estimated running time: three hours and 10 minutes, including one intermission

This is an original LA Opera production, previously presented in 2005 and 2011.

Act V, scene 1, in which Friar John tells Friar Laurence that he was unable to deliver to Romeo the letter explaining Juliet's faked death, is cut in this production.

Venue: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012)   
All programs, artists and dates are subject to change.   

Last updated: November 5, 2024