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            "Simon Keenlyside, sings Mercutio with a light and graceful touch." Opera News

 

 

 

Title

Roméo et Juliette

Composer

Gounod

Conductor

Michel Plasson

 

 

Performers

Roméo: Roberto Alagna

Juliette: Angela Gheorghiu

Frère Laurent: José Van Dam

Mercutio: Simon Keenlyside

Stéphano: Marie-Ange Todorovitch

Gertrude: Claire Larcher

Capulet: Alain Fondary

Tybalt: Daniel Galvez Vallejo

Benvolio: Guy Flechter

Paris: Didier Henry

Grégorio: Till Fechner

Duke of Verona: Alain Vernhes

Frère Jean: Christophe Fel

 

Orchestra

Choeur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

 

 

Label

EMI Classics

Code

7243 5 56123 2 8

Released

1998

Number of discs

3

ASIN

 

Awards

Diapason d'Or
10 de Répertoire
Classic CD 5-Star Awards
Victoires de la Musique classique
ECHO Deutschen Schallplatten Preis



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What the critics say

 

Reviewed for Gramophone June 1998. You have to register to access this review, but it is free of charge.

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/gramofilereview.asp?reviewID=9806078&mediaID=174523&issue=Reviewed%3A+Gramophone+6%2F1998

‘Simon Keenlyside is excellent...’

 

 

Reviewed for Opera News by Barrymore Laurence Scherer, May 1998,

http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/_archive/598/Recordings.598.html

‘Simon Keenlyside, sings Mercutio with a light and graceful touch.’

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