Heavy symbolism in Kansas City's Roméo et Juliette

Andriana Chuchman (Juliette)

Ben Bliss (Roméo) and Johnathan McCullough (Mercutio)

Roméo et Juliette

By Hilary Stroh, 10 March 2024

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Reviewed at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City on 9 March 2024

Gounod, Roméo et Juliette

Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Christopher Allen, Conductor

Doug Scholz-Carlson, Director, Fight Director

Kansas City Symphony

Ben Bliss, Roméo

Andriana Chuchman, Juliette

Johnathan McCullough, Mercutio

Nicholas Newton, Frère Laurent

Ben Wager, Count Capulet

Benjamin Ruiz, Tybalt

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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.

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