Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette Full Cast
Close- Valery Gergiev Conductor
- Olda Borodina Mezzo-soprano
- Kenneth Tarver Tenor
- Evgeny Nikitin Bass-baritone
- London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra
- London Symphony Chorus Chorus
- Guildhall Singers Chorus
Gergiev was in inspirational form and the LSO embraced his reading of Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette with skill and energy.
It was on the wildest shores of Berlioz’s music – the frenzied depiction of the crowd descending on the lovers’ tomb and the brawl of the Capulets and Montagues – that the Gergiev magic truly emerged.
Gergiev’s reading was truly operatic… I left in little doubt that Gergiev and his orchestra are as fine a team of representatives as Berlioz could want.
