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Romeo and Juliet
Season 29 · Episode 13
Tenor Roberto Alagna and his wife, soprano Angela Gheorghiu, portray Romeo and Juliet in Charles Gounod's 1867 opera, based on William Shakespeare's play. Tybalt: Tito Beltran. Mercutio: Pavel Novak. Voice of Mercutio: Vratislav Kriz. Capulet: Jan Svab. Voice of Capulet: Ales Hendrych. Friar Lawrence: Daniel Lipnick. Voice of Friar Lawrence: Frantisek Zahradicek. Paris: Marcel Acquarone. Voice of Paris: Zdenek Harvanek. Anton Guadagno conducts the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Taped in the 13th-century Royal Castle of Zvikov in the Czech Republic.
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