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Roméo et Juliette

Roméo et Juliette (English: Romeo and Juliet) is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet), Paris on 27 April 1867. This opera is notable for the series of four duets for the main characters and the waltz song "Je veux vivre" for the soprano.[1]

For other works based on the original Shakespeare play, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation).

Roméo et Juliette

French

Romeo and Juliet
by Shakespeare

27 April 1867 (1867-04-27)
Théâtre Lyrique, Paris

Huebner, Steven (1992). "Roméo et Juliette (ii)", vol. 4, pp. 31–32, in , edited by Stanley Sadie. New York: Grove. ISBN 0333734327. Also available at Oxford Music Online (subscription required).

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera

(1958). Two Centuries of Opera at Covent Garden. London: Putnam. OCLC 593682, 503687870.

Rosenthal, Harold

: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Roméo et Juliette

Libretto of Roméo et Juliette in French and English

showing revisions to the end of act 3 and opening of act 4.

Facsimile of Gounod's ms at Juilliard library