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Bellini&#;s &#;I Capuleti e i Montecchi&#; (performed in the United States as &#;The Capulets and the Montagues&#;) has accumulated some unwelcome baggage over the years, which seems to obligate a partisan of the opera to an introductory paragraph or two in its defense. First, there is confusion with the English Bard&#;s play &#;Romeo and Juliet&#;, with which it shares one plot-line &#; Juliet feigning death to set up an escape with her lover, Romeo, and waking to find that he has committed suicide, since he also believed her deception.
[Below: the Thor Steingraber conception of Bellini&#;s &#;I Capuleti e i Montecchi&#;, shown at the Pittsburgh Opera, sets by Robert Israel. Edited image, based on a David Bachman photograph, courtesy of the Pittsburgh Opera.]
The Italians of the early 19th century (and before) seemed unimpressed by the Bard&#;s intricate web of sub-plots in his version of the tale of Romeo and Juliet. Since the story originated in Italy about Italians, their passions and their poisons, they tended to tell the tale their way.
So, the Romeo of &#;Capuleti, e Montecchi&#; (Bellini&#;s original title) is not the lovesick youth who falls for Juliet at a ball and encounters her at her balcony window, but is the leader of fierce Ghi
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Lyric Opera&#;s season announcement
Here&#;s the press release from Lyric Opera:
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 55th season
begins Saturday, September 26, , at p.m.
with Sir Andrew Davis conducting Giacomo Puccini’s immortal
TOSCA
starring Deborah Voigt, Vladimir Galouzine, and James Morris
Faust, Ernani, Katya Kabanova, The Merry Widow, The Elixir of Love,
The Damnation of Faust, and The Marriage of Figaro
also to be presented this season, including three new Lyric productions
– one a Lyric Opera premiere – and one new-to-Chicago production
Renowned stage directors to make Lyric Opera debuts with new productions:
Stephen Langridge with The Damnation of Faust
and Gary Griffin with The Merry Widow
Opening nights for all operas of Lyric’s /10 season to air live on
The Bucksbaum Family Lyric Opera Broadcasts on WFMT
77 opera performances in the 6-month season
4-opera series start at $96, 8-opera series start at $
Season subscribers enjoy up to two operas free, depending on series they choose
In response to market demand, Lyric will offer a NEW 4-opera Friday matinee series
and two NEW 4-opera evening series
Subscriber benefits include unlimited free ticket exchanges for 8-opera subscribers, TradeOne option for 4, 5, 6, & 7-opera subscribers,
and NEW Trad
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Meanwhile, back put down the Municipal Opera Dwellingplace. . . .
With play down expanded, eight-opera season consent be oversubscribed by mid-September, Lyr