Roméo et Juliette

Roméo et Juliette is an opera and five acts and eight tableaux with music by Charles Gounod, words by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, and choreography by Joseph Hansen. It had its world premiere at the Théâtre Lyrique du Châtelet on 27 April 1867, and it became evident immediately that the work had all the qualities necessary to success. It was heard next at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels on 18 November 1867 before being billed into the Opéra-Comique on 27 December 1873. It was taken to…