I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Bellini revisits the myth of Romeo and Juliet in this opera about a clandestine love between two young people caught in the feuds between factions. The production arrives at the Gran Teatre del Liceu with Riccardo Frizza as musical director.

Bellini composed this opera, which revisits the myth of Romeo and Juliet with a fresh perspective. The production moves away from Shakespearean romanticism and sits within the Italian tradition of feuds between factions, in which hostility weighs like an inherited fate.

Against this backdrop of tension, Giulietta and Romeo maintain a clandestine relationship that defies social norms. For those around them, their love is seen as a transgression that breaks the established order and calls into question the values that uphold each family's honour.

Allex Aguilera directs this production, which comes from the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège. Riccardo Frizza conducts the music, and the cast brings together Lisette Oropesa and Raffaella Lupinacci, whom the material presents as leading figures of today's bel canto. The performance takes place at the Gran Teatre del Liceu.