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Nadine Sierra shines as Gounod's Roméo et Juliette is performed for the first time in Naples

Nadine Sierra (Juliette)
© Luciano Romano
Javier Camarena (Roméo) and Nadine Sierra (Juliette)
© Luciano Romano
Roméo et Juliette
© Luciano Romano
Roméo et Juliette
© Luciano Romano
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“Nadine Sierra's Juliette traced a complex emotional arc”
Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 15 February 2025
Gounod, Roméo et Juliette
Teatro di San Carlo
Sesto Quatrini, Conductor
Giorgia Guerra, Director
Federica Parolini, Set Designer
Lorena Marin, Costume Designer
Fiammetta Baldisseri, Lighting Designer
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
Javier Camarena, Roméo
Nadine Sierra, Juliette
Caterina Piva, Stéphano
Gianluca Buratto, Frère Laurent
Mark Kurmanbayev, Count Capulet
Marco Ciaponi, Tybalt
Annunziata Vestri, Gertrude, Juliette's nurse
Alessio Arduini, Mercutio
Yunho Kim, Duke of Verona
Antimo Dell'Omo, Pâris
Tianxuefei Sun, Benvolio, nephew of Montaigu
Maurizio Bove, Grégorio
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