VIDEO: Watch Ailyn Perez Sing 'Amour, Ranime Mon Courage' from ROMEO ET JULIETTE at The Met

Bartlett Sher's production of Gounod's sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation was a hit of the 2016-17 Met season ("a revelation" declared the Huffington Post). Now the sweeping tragedy returns with Ailyn Pérez and Charles Castronovo as the star-crossed young lovers. Plácido Domingo conducts.

Watch Perez Sing 'Smour, Ranime Mon Courage' below!

Perhaps the most enduringly successful of the many operatic settings of the world's consummate love story, Roméo et Juliette is an excellent example of French Romanticism, a tradition that values subtlety, sensuality, and graceful vocal delivery over showy effects. In the opera there is a slight shift of focus away from the word games of the original play and a greater focus on the two lovers, who are given four irresistible duets, including a brief final reunion in the tomb scene that does not appear in the play.

The production is on stage from April 23rd through May 12th.

For tickets and more visit https://www.metopera.org/season/2017-18-season/romeo-et-juliette-gounod-tickets/