![]() ![]() ![]() Īlthough for much of the history of opera, the convention had been to assign the roles of young men to female voices, the fashion was rapidly changing with the lyric tenor assuming that responsibility. Since the traditions of the period required a composer to write the music of each part to fit the voices of the particular artists engaged by the company for that season, Bellini was expected to write the part of Romeo for the superstar diva, Giuditta Grisi (whose appearance in the role, of course, enhanced the opera’s prospects). “I Capuleti” was created at breakneck speed when Bellini was called on to substitute for another composer who failed to deliver a commission on time for the Venice Carnival season. If the role of Tebaldo is not as long as those of the two lovers, it has attracted many of the leading lyric tenors of the current and previous generation, with its first act cavatina and cabaletta (both verses sung) and a fierce duet with Romeo at the entrance to Juliet’s tomb.Ĭastronovo not only sang the part with distinction, it is one of the operas in which he can share the stage with his wife, Ekaterina Siurina. ![]() Siurina and Deshayes dominate the opera, with one or the other and often both together in almost every scene. The cast was a strong one, notable for Siurina’s beautifully sustained legato passages and Deshayes’ technically brilliant Romeo. The two comprimario roles of Lorenzo and Capellio were, respectively, the Brazilian Manuel di Pierro and the French bass-baritone Paul Gay. ![]() Robert Carsen’s famous production of Sicilian composer Vincenzo Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” has again been revived at the Opéra National de Paris’ Bastille opera house.Ĭarsen proved again that Bellini’s operatic version of the Romeo and Juliet story needs no staging gimmickry to be a theatrical triumph.įor its 2014 mounting, the cast consisted of French mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes as Romeo, Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina as Juliet, and American tenor Charles Castronovo as Romeo’s rival, Tebaldo. ![]()
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