An unexpected Met debut in Roméo et Juliette

By Hilary Stroh, 24 April 2018

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“Ailyn Pérez's... coloratura was fresh in her celebrated valse-ariette”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 23 April 2018

Gounod, Roméo et Juliette

Metropolitan Opera

Plácido Domingo, Conductor

Bartlett Sher, Director

Michael Yeargan, Set Designer

Catherine Zuber, Costume Designer

Ailyn Pérez, Juliette

Andrea Shin, Roméo

Karine Deshayes, Stéphano

Kwangchul Youn, Frère Laurent

Joshua Hopkins, Mercutio

Laurent Naouri, Count Capulet

Maria Zifchak, Gertrude, Juliette's nurse

Tony Stevenson, Benvolio, nephew of Montaigu

Bradley Garvin, Pâris

Jeongcheol Cha, Grégorio

Kevin Short, Duke of Verona

Bogdan Volkov, Tybalt

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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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.