| Saturday 01 July 2023 | 19:00 |
| Monday 03 July 2023 | 19:00 |
| Wednesday 05 July 2023 | 19:00 |
| Friday 07 July 2023 | 19:00 |
| Wednesday 12 July 2023 | 19:00 |
| Friday 14 July 2023 | 19:00 |
| Monday 17 July 2023 | 19:00 |
| Yves Abel | Conductor | ||
| Amy Lane | Director | ||
| Emma Ryott | Set Designer, Costume Designer | ||
| Charlie Morgan Jones | Lighting Designer | ||
| Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra | |||
| Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir | |||
| Lisette Oropesa | Soprano | Juliette | Jul 01, 05, 12 |
| Marjukka Tepponen | Soprano | Juliette | Jul 03, 07, 14, 17 |
| Frédéric Antoun | Tenor | Roméo | Jul 01, 07, 12 |
| Antonio Poli | Tenor | Roméo | Jul 03, 05, 14, 17 |
| Carolyn Sproule | Soprano | Stéphano | |
| Sam Furness | Tenor | Tybalt | |
| Irina Nuutinen | Mezzo-soprano | Gertrude, Juliette's nurse | |
| Kevin Greenlaw | Tenor | Mercutio | |
| Michael Barry | Choreography |
Romeo and Juliet is a romantic French opera full of powerful emotions and music awash with love.
While Faust may be Gounod’s best-known work, Romeo and Juliet is his most cherished. It’s easy to see why. The music moves towards its climax duet by duet, developing the young lovers’ relationship towards its inevitable conclusion.
Award-winning director Amy Lane, the Artistic Director of the Copenhagen Opera Festival, has set the events in late 19th century New York, in the dimly lit streets where the Capulets and Montagues fight over supremacy. The constant sense of danger builds fascinating tension against the voluminous music.
Two couples alternate in the lead roles. The superstar Lisette Oropesa has Frédéric Antoun as her Romeo, and Marjukka Tepponen, who recently debuted at the Metropolitan Opera, sings with Antonio Poli.
