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Opera

Roméo et Juliette
Charles Gounod
Valentina Peleggi, Julia Burbach

Presentation
Opera

When two young people in Verona first set eyes on each other, their lives are changed forever. They know they are destined for each other, even though their families are sworn enemies due to a blood feud. Their tragic fate is therefore inevitable.

Charles Gounod was one of the most important and most successful French composers of the mid-nineteenth century. Drawing on a libretto that closely follows William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Gounod composed a highly evocative score that aptly captures all the nuances of this immortal love story.

In collaboration with set designer Cécile Trémolières, director Julia Burbach creates a poetic landscape in which emotions can unfold freely, but where rivalry and violence also steadily seep in. Conductor Valentina Peleggi will make her La Monnaie debut with this work full of glorious melodies.

Are you under 30? Then attend this opera on the Young Opera Night (1.10.2026) and we treat you to a personal welcome, a free drink, a free digital programme book and an after-event or other surprise.

Dates & tickets

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Location

La Monnaie

Prices

Start ticket sale 16.6.2026

Language

Sung in French
Surtitles in Dutch, French and English

Presentation

Introductory talks 45' before the start of the performance

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Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

Opéra en cinq actes
Livret de Jules Barbier et Michel Carré
Musique de Charles Gounod
Premiere Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, 27.4.1867

ConductorVALENTINA PELEGGI DirectorJULIA BURBACH Set & Costume DesignerCÉCILE TRÉMOLIÈRES Lighting DesignerFABRICE KEBOUR ChoreographerCAMERON McMILLAN DramaturgeMARIE MERGEAY Chorus MasterEMMANUEL TRENQUE

JulietteJEANINE DE BIQUE,
KSENIIA PROSHINA (1, 4, 9, 13, 16.10) StéphanoFLORENCE LOSSEAU GertrudeREHANNA THELWELL RoméoISMAEL JORDI,
AIRAM HERNÁNDEZ (1, 4, 9, 13, 16.10) TybaltTRAVON D. WALKER BenvolioTAEKSUNG KWON MercutioMICHAEL ARIVONY Le comte PârisLEANDER CARLIER° GrégorioOLEG VOLKOV Le comte CapuletWERNER VAN MECHELEN Frère LaurentMAXIM KUZMIN-KARAVAEV Le duc de VéroneSAM TASKINEN

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
La Monnaie Choral Academy prepared by Benoît Giaux

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Production DE MUNT / LA MONNAIE

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