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Charles Gounod

Operas Sapho (1851, rev. 1884) La nonne sanglante (1854) Le médecin malgré lui (1858) Faust (1859, revised 1869) Philémon et Baucis (1860, revised 1876) La colombe (1860, revised 1866) La reine de Saba (1862) Mireille (1864) Roméo et Juliette (1867) Cinq-Mars (1877) Maître Pierre (incomplete, 1877-8) Polyeucte (1878) Le tribut de Zamora (1881)

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Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet), Paris on 27 April 1867.

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• Roméo et Juliette
• Synopsis of Roméo et Juliette (The Metropolitan Opera)
• Romeo et Juliette performed by the Baltimore Opera Company
• Facsimile of Gounod's ms at Juilliard library showing revisions to the end of act iii and opening of act iv.
• Ah! Je veux vivre! aria of Juliette (recording by Jana Lady Lou)

v • d • e William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Characters Romeo • Juliet • Mercutio • Tybalt • Benvolio • Friar Lawrence • Nurse • Paris • Prince Escalus • Lord Capulet • Rosaline • Full Character List Sources The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet • Pyramus and Thisbe • Palace of Pleasure • Troilus and Criseyde • Ephisaica Musical adaptations West Side Story (musical) • Roméo et Juliette (musical) • Giulietta e Romeo (musical) • Roméo et Juliette (opera) • Romeo und Julie (singspiel) • I Capuleti e i Montecchi (opera) • Romeo and Juliet (ballet) • Roméo et Juliette (Berlioz) • Romeo and Juliet (overture) On screen Romeo and Juliet (1900) • Romeo and Juliet (1908) • Romeo and Juliet (1916) • Romeo and Juliet (1936) • Romeo and Juliet (1954) • Romeo i Dzhulyetta (1955) • Romeo and Juliet (1968) • Romeo and Juliet (1978) • The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (1982) • Romeo and Juliet (1992) • Romeo + Juliet (1996) Adaptions Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) • Romanoff and Juliet (1960) • West Side Story (1961) • Romie-0 and Julie-8 (1979) • The Sea Prince and the Fire Child (1981) • Tromeo and Juliet (1996) • Love Is All There Is (1996) • Shakespeare in Love (1998) • Romeo Must Die (2000) • حبك نار Hobak Nar (2004) • Pizza My Heart (2005) • West Bank Story (2005) • Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (2006) • Romeo x Juliet (2007) • Saints & Sinners (2007 TV series)  • Romeo Loves Juliet (Philippine TV series)