About this event
When two young people in Verona first set eyes on each other, their lives are changed forever. They know they are destined for each other, even though their families are sworn enemies due to a blood feud. Their tragic fate is therefore inevitable. Charles Gounod was one of the most important and most successful French composers of the mid-nineteenth century. Drawing on a libretto that closely follows William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Gounod composed a highly evocative score that aptly captures all the nuances of this immortal love story. In collaboration with set designer Cécile Trémolières, director Julia Burbach creates a poetic landscape in which emotions can unfold freely, but where rivalry and violence also steadily seep in. Conductor Valentina Peleggi will make her La Monnaie debut with this work full of glorious melodies. Are you under 30? Then attend this opera on the Young Opera Night (1.10.2026) and we treat you to a personal welcome, a free drink, a free digital programme book and an after-event or other surprise.
