Roméo et Juliette discography

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This is a partial discography of Charles Gounod's opera Roméo et Juliette. It was first performed by the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, on 27 April 1867.

Audio recordings

Year Cast
(Juliette, Roméo,
Frère Laurent, Mercutio)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1912 Yvonne Gall,
Agustarello Affre,
Marcel Journet,
Alexis Boyer
François Ruhlmann,
Opéra-Comique Orchestra and Chorus
CD: VAI
Cat: VAIA 1064-3
1947 Bidu Sayão,
Jussi Björling,
Nicola Moscona,
John Brownlee
Emil Cooper,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
CD:
Met Opera on Demand[3]
1953 Janine Micheau,
Raoul Jobin,
Heinz Rehfuss,
Pierre Mollet
Alberto Erede,
Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Paris
CD: Decca
Cat: 443 539-2
1968 Mirella Freni,
Franco Corelli,
Xavier Depraz,
Henri Gui
Alain Lombard,
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: CMS5 65290-2
1983 Patricia Wise,[4]
José Carreras,
Kurt Rydl,
Enric Serra
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Orchestra and Chorus
CD: Allegro
Cat: OPD-1203[5]
1983 Catherine Malfitano,
Alfredo Kraus,
José van Dam,
Gino Quilico
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
and Chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: 7 47365 8[6]
1995 Angela Gheorghiu,
Roberto Alagna,
José van Dam,
Simon Keenlyside
Michel Plasson,
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra and Chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: 640700-2
1995 Ruth Ann Swenson,
Plácido Domingo,
Alastair Miles,
Kurt Ollmann
Leonard Slatkin,
Munich Radio Orchestra and Chorus
CD:
RCA Victor

Cat: 09026 68440-2

Video recordings

Year Cast
(Juliette, Roméo,
Frère Laurent, Mercutio)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
(video details)
Label
1994 Leontina Vaduva,
Roberto Alagna,
Robert Lloyd,
François Le Roux
Nicolas Joël
)
Opus Arte[7]
DVD: Kultur[8]
2002 Angela Gheorghiu,
Roberto Alagna,
František Zahradníček,
Vratislav Kříž
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded live, Zvíkov Castle
, film director: Barbara Willis Sweete)
DVD:
ArtHaus Musik
Cat: 100 706
Blu-ray
: ArtHaus Musik
Cat: 109262
2007 Anna Netrebko,
Roberto Alagna,
Robert Lloyd,
Nathan Gunn
Plácido Domingo,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded live, 15 December 2007, Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center))
Met Opera on Demand[9]
2008 Nino Machaidze,
Rolando Villazón,
Mikhail Petrenko,
Russell Braun
Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Salzburg Festival
(Recorded live, Felsenreitschule, staging: Bartlett Sher, director: Brian Large)
Blu-ray: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 4521
2011 Nino Machaidze,
Stefano Secco,
Giorgio Giuseppini,
Artur Ruciński
Fabio Mastrangelo,
Arena di Verona
, stage director: Francesco Micheli)
Blu-ray: BelAir Classiques
Cat: BAC 481
2017 Diana Damrau,
Vittorio Grigolo,
Mikhail Petrenko,
Elliot Madore
Gianandrea Noseda,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded live, 21 January 2017, Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center), staging: Bartlett Sher)
HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[10]
2018 Aida Garifullina,
Saimir Pirgu,
Nicola Ulivieri,
Gabriel Bermúdez
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded live, 27 February 2018, Gran Teatre del Liceu, director: Stephen Lawless)
Blu-ray: C Major[11][12][13]

References