Gounod's Romeo and Juliet

Elevated by Charles Gounod's exhilarating music, Opera Maine's production of Romeo et Juliette brings a fresh vision of Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers, giving new life to this timeless tale. Conducted by Israel Gursky, directed by Dona D. Vaughn, and performed in French with projected translations, this glittering production of the classic story is a thrilling piece of opera to witness!

What is the story?

Although young lovers Romeo Capulet and Juliet Montague are concerned with their love at first sight, their rival clans will stop at nothing to destroy the other. When it becomes clear the match will not be tolerated, the pair hatches a scheme to escape the embittered streets of Verona; only, the outcome depends on some dangerous trickery that might just see their fates entwined forever, and not in the marriage bed as previously planned.