Roméo et Juliette

Roméo et Juliette was an opera in four acts with a score by Vincenzo Bellini, and a libretto translated into French by Chales Nuitter. The original opera in Italian was in only three acts, and Nuitter used Vaccai ’s Giulietta e Romeo for his fourth act. Its choreography was created by Joseph Mazilier, and its sets were designed by Martin , Nolau , and Rubé . It had its premiere at the Imperial Theatre of the Opera on 7 September 1859, but it did not prove very popular and had to be dropped from…