Color: Colour

Credits:

Vaccai, Nicola (1790-1848)

Description:

Based on Shakespeare's well-known Romeo and Juliet, the script is somewhat different from the original. The Capreti and Montecchi families have a long-standing feud, and Capellio, the head of the Capreti family, has a strong hatred for Romeo of the Montecchi family. A messenger comes to reconcile the two families and proposes marriage to Juliette, but she is already engaged to Tebaldo, a close associate of Capellio's, and Capellio cannot accept his terms. The messenger is actually Romeo himself in disguise. The two, already attracted to each other, pray to heaven for help. Nicola Vaccai, a composer and opera conductor who belonged to the Neapolitan school of music. He was a composer and opera conductor who belonged to the Neapolitan school of music, and was very popular during his lifetime alongside Paisiello and Rossini, but his name is almost forgotten today. The opera "Giulietta and Romeo" was written by Romani, a successful scriptwriter of the time, who provided Vaccaiai with the libretto, which is a reminder of Vaccaiai's popularity at the time.The first performance was a great success, but some changes were necessary due to requests from the singers. Bellini accepted Romani's proposal, revised the script, and gave the first performance in 1830, which was also a great success. However, in 1832, mezzo-soprano Maria Brown replaced the finale with Vaccaia's version (with much of Romeo's singing), and since then it has been customary to perform the opera in the eclectic version, with only the finale retaining Vaccaia's name. This release is the complete original version by Vaccaÿe. This is the world's first recording of the entire work on film. Against a backdrop of beautiful costumes and stage sets that reflect the atmosphere of the 16th century, Lupinacci and Bonilla, the two female singers in the title roles, weave an aesthetic world of love that is fully portrayed as a secret work filled with beautiful melodies, a precursor to Bellini's work. Naxos Japan