Michael Tanner

A fine romance

I Capuleti e i Montecchi<br /> Of Thee I Sing<br /> <em>Opera North, Leeds</em>

issue 08 November 2008

I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Of Thee I Sing
Opera North, Leeds

Slightly perversely, Opera North has been running a series of ‘Shakespeare operas’ ending with Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, which means that the programme book consists largely of articles explaining that the story doesn’t derive from Shakespeare at all.

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