Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma

Vittorio Grigolo (Roméo)

Nino Machaidze (Juliette) and Vittoriio Grigolo (Roméo)

Nino Machaidze (Juliette) and Alejo Alvarez Castillo (Pâris)

Roméo et Juliette

Vittorio Grigolo (Roméo) and Nino Machaidze (Juliette)

By Pia Maltri, 30 April 2026

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“Aya Wakizono... a moment of accomplished virtuosity”

Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 28 April 2026

Gounod, Roméo et Juliette

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Daniel Oren, Conductor

Luca de Fusco, Director

Marta Crisolini Malatesta, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Gigi Saccomandi, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Alessandro Papa, Video

Vittorio Grigolo, Roméo

Nino Machaidze, Juliette

Aya Wakizono, Stéphano

Nicolas Courjal, Frère Laurent, Duke of Verona

Mihai Damian, Mercutio

Valerio Borgioni, Tybalt

Géraldine Chauvet, Gertrude, Juliette's nurse

Alejo Alvarez Castillo, Pâris

Raffaele Feo, Benvolio, nephew of Montaigu

Alessio Verna, Grégorio

Christian Senn, Count Capulet

Alessandra Panzavolta, Choreography

Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno returns to Rome

Pia Maltri, 7th April

Robert Carsen’s staging of Handel's oratorio arrives, via Salzburg, in the city where Handel composed it in 1707.

****1

Ariadne in Rome: David Hermann’s Strauss staging highlights contrasts

Pia Maltri, 1st March

In an opera rarely staged in Italy, David Hermann skilfully masters the metatheatrical challenges posed by the libretto to Ariadne auf Naxos.

****1

Abandon all hope: Lucia Ronchetti's Inferno receives Italian premiere

Pia Maltri, 19th February

The Italian premiere of Lucia Ronchetti’s Inferno at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma uses Dante’s original verses, but her score fails to match their beauty.

***11

Livermore’s successful Bohème opens at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 14th January

Originally staged at the Caracalla Baths in 2014, Davide Livermore’s production comes in from the cold.

****1

Wagner’s Lohengrin finally returns – swanless – to Rome

Pia Maltri, 27th November

Damiano Michieletto is entrusted with the first staging of Lohengrin in Rome for 50 years, but his distracting staging is redeemed by the musical side of things.

***11

Peter Sellars directs Italian debut of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater

Pia Maltri, 11th October

This co-production, previously seen in San Francisco, is more of a semi-staging, convinces thanks to committed performances from a cast led by Fleur Barron.

****1

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Pia Maltri

Pia first fell head over heels for opera when she was a teenager by listening to recordings of some of the great voices of the past: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Mirella Freni, Alfredo Kraus. She holds a degree in Italian Literature and she lives in Rome.

Vittorio Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma