Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on the play by Shakespeare.
Language (note)
Sung in French.
Author
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893, composer.
Title
Roméo et Juliette / Gounod.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : Sony Classical, [2011]
Playing time
020842
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Jussi Björling (Roméo) ; Bidú Sayã̃o (Juliette) ; Thomas Hayward (Tybalt) ; George Cehanovsky (Pâris) ; Kenneth Schon (Capulet) ; John Brownlee (Mercutio) ; Claramae Turner (Gertrude) ; Philip Kinsman (Grégorio) ; Nicola Moscona (Frère Laurent) ; Mimi Benzell (Stéphano) ; William Hargrave (Duke of Verona) ; Anthony Marlowe (Benvolio) ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Emil Cooper, conductor.
Event
Recorded live 1947 February 1 Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.
Opera adaptation of (work) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
Other form:
Source record: Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Roméo et Juliette. [S.l.] : Sony Classical ; New York, NY : Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment, [2011] (OCoLC)699825840