Shakespeare in Love: Romeo and Juliet

Guest artist: Avery Boettcher, soprano

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Charles Gounod (1818-1893): “Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette* (“I want to live” from Romeo and Juliet)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835): “Oh! Quante volte” from I Capuleti e i Montecchi* (“Oh! How many times” from The Capulets and the Montagues)
Frederick Delius (1862-1934): A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Charles Gounod (1818-1893): “Amour ranime mon courage” from Roméo et Juliette* (“Love revive my courage” from Romeo and Juliet)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): “Somewhere” from West Side Story*
* Avery Boettcher, soprano

INTERMISSION

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
i. Montagues and Capulets
ii. The Child Juliet
iii. Friar Laurence
iv. Dance
v. Death of Tybalt
vi. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting
vii. Romeo at Juliet’s Grave
viii. Death of Juliet