A Pair Of Star-Cross’d Lovers...

Shakespeare's doomed romance returns to the Benedum Center as Pittsburgh Opera presents Charles Gounod's tantalizing adaptation of the classic, with Oreste Cosimo and Lydia Katarina making their company debuts as the titular couple. Directed by Doug Scholz-Carlson, after original director and production maker Matthew Ozawa, prepare for operatic fireworks as this timeless tale of young love unfolds in spring 2027.

What is the story?

Although young lovers Romeo Capulet and Juliet Montague are concerned with their love at first sight, their rival clans will stop at nothing to destroy the other. When it becomes clear the match will not be tolerated, the pair hatches a scheme to escape the embittered streets of Verona; only the outcome depends on some dangerous trickery that might just see their fates entwined forever, and not in the marriage bed as previously planned.