By Charles Gounod
Sung in French, with English surtitles

Friday, February 23, 2024 • 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 25, 2024 • 2:30 pm
The Morrison Center

Based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Run Time: Approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes, including one intermission.

He’s a Montague and she’s a Capulet — families who have hated each other for centuries. Yet when Romeo meets Juliet, they fall instantly and rapturously in love. Secretly, they marry — but Shakespeare’s famed young couple is ultimately doomed. Everything that could have been is lost as they die tragically in each other’s arms. 

The world’s most celebrated love story finds new dimension in Gounod’s deeply romantic music. This is passion personified, from tender intimacy to ecstatic grandeur, including five iconic love duets and soaring music for the chorus and orchestra.