The first conclusion you might reach after watching Lyric Opera's production of "Romeo and Juliet" - the 1867 opera by Charles Gounod, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michael Carre based on the Shakespeare play - is that the French should not be permitted to adapt the work of the Bard in any way, shape or form. The post Gounod’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is woefully more French than Shakespearean at L…
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:54PM on February 23, 2016