Romeo si Julieta (Roméo et Juliette in Romania)

[Valancy]

Gérard Presgurvic's musical Roméo et Juliette has opened in Bucharest, Romania as Romeo si Julieta. Interestingly, this is the first time that a production opens which is a replica of the Budapest production which differs significantly from the French one, instead of being based on the French production as others do. The production has been directed by Kerényi Miklós Gábor of the Operettszínház, but it's done in the Romanian language. The costumes, set design etc. are also copies of the Hungarian ones.

Trains from Budapest to Bucharest take a bit too long a time for me to go and check out the production, I think. A pity. But it looks like there's going to be some kind of an actor exchange/visit thing from Bucharest to Budapest, as in the June/July run of the Budapest Rómeó és Júlia, in many performances the role of Tybalt will be played by the Romanian Tybalt, Fazakas Ernő. I've got a ticket to one of the shows he's cast in, so if there are no cast changes, I can report back on him. Judging by his name he's probably one of the Hungarian-speaking citizens of Romania, and that's why he can also learn the role in Hungarian and do these guest performances.

The webpage of the theatre on the musical: www.opereta.ro/spectacol/2-Romeo-si-Julieta

[Fantasma da Opera]

This is interesting, specially 'cause the original French show is going to have a Revival this year and they say the show was all reworked...so I wonder how much influence did the Budapest version had it it (I trully hope A LOT apart from the place where Der Hass takes place)

(edit: and the romanian Juliet is GORGEOUS. Now why did Dracula left Transilvania again? )

[Valancy]

May 14, 2009 7:28:07 GMT -5 Fantasma da Opera said:

(I trully hope A LOT apart from the place where Der Hass takes place)

I think it makes much more sense where it's placed in the Hungarian production. There it actually becomes a part of the story instead of just another exposition piece. In the beginning of the story, we don't need more songs than Verona to tell us that the city is divided by hatred, and near the end of the 1st act the song becomes much more powerful.

I'd be delighted if the new French production took a lot of influence from the Hungarian one.