Caramoor Presents I CAPULETI ED I MONTECCHI, 7/21
By: Kelsey Denette Jul. 10, 2012
This summer, Caramoor's Director of Opera Will Crutchfield will mark the 16th season of the Bel Canto at Caramoor series.
On July 21, soprano Eglise Gutiérrez and mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich will take the stage for a performance of Bellini's I Capuleti ed i Montecchi. The performance also features tenor Leonardo Capalbo, bass Jeffrey Beruan, and bass-baritone Benjamin Harris. The opera will be semi-staged and sung in Italian with English supertitles. Orchestra of St. Luke's will be led by Maestro Crutchfield.
I Capuleti ed i Montecchi tells the story of Romeo and Juliet – based on the same ancient Italian sources that Shakespeare used – in the gorgeous language of Italian bel canto. The libretto by Felice Romani was a reworking of the story of Romeo and Juliet for an opera by Nicola Vaccai called Giulietta e Romeo, a work based on Italian sources. Bellini was persuaded to write the opera for the 1830 Carnival season at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, with only a month and a half available for composition. Later, Richard Wagner told how its yearning, passionate melodies inspired him to create Tristan und Isolde.
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