Libretto
Jules Barbier und Michel Carré
Premiere
27 April 1867, Paris (Théâtre Lyrique)
Cast
PARIS (baritone)
TYBALT (tenor)
CAPULET (bass)
JULIETTE (Soprano)
ROMEO (tenor)
MERCUTIO (baritone)
BENVOLIO (tenor)
GERTRUDE (mezzo-soprano)
FRERE LAURENT (bass)
STEPHANO (soprano)
THE DUKE (bass)
FRERE JEAN (bass
CHORUS
servants, retainers and kinsfolk to the Capulets and Montaigu households, masquers
Place
Time
Beginning of the 15th century