[Met Tour] CID:10040



Roméo et Juliette
Chicago, Illinois, Mon, November 16, 1891

Debut : Jules Vinché, Antonio De Vaschetti




Roméo et Juliette (2)
Charles Gounod | Jules Barbier/Michel Carré
Roméo
Jean de Reszke

Juliette
Emma Eames

Frère Laurent
Edouard de Reszke

Stéphano
Jane De Vigne

Mercutio
Jean Martapoura

Benvolio
Antonio Rinaldini

Gertrude
Mathilde Bauermeister

Capulet
Jules Vinché [Debut]

Tybalt
Victor Capoul

Grégorio
Antonio De Vaschetti [Debut]

Duke of Verona
Lodovico Viviani


Conductor
Auguste Vianesi


Director
Theodore Habelmann





This was the first Metropolitan Opera performance of a French opera in French. Earlier performances of French works had been in Italian or German.
Roméo et Juliette received eight performances this season.
Jean De Reszke as Roméo. Photograph by J. Mieczkowski, Warsaw.

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