Park City Opera’s
Roméo et Juliette
Featuring dancers from Ballet West
August 21 & 23, 2026
Eccles Center for the Performing Arts
You’ve read the play — maybe seen the movie, the musical, even the ballet. But have you experienced the opera?
The Utah Review
“Ambitious Park City Opera production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette hits many excellent marks in musicianship, singing, choreographed ballet passages”
Front Row Reviewers
“A marvelous offering that shouldn’t be missed. What a joy to hear a Romantic-era score played as it is intended.”
About Roméo et Juliette:
In Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers come to life amid the pageantry and passion of Verona, reimagined through the grand orchestral and theatrical language of French Romantic opera.
At a ball, Roméo and Juliette fall instantly and irrevocably in love, only to discover they belong to rival families locked in a deadly feud. Secretly married in the hope of reconciliation, their brief happiness is undone by violence, prompting a desperate attempt to preserve their love.
With Gounod’s lush score at its heart, Roméo et Juliette unfolds as a celebration of the warmth, passion, and exuberance of young love.
Beyond the Stage:
Arrive early for a pre-concert talk featuring Director Lisl Wangermann and Choreographer Michael Waldrop. Enjoy French concessions from Union Patisserie and interactive activities in the lobby. Then, take your seats as a 40-player orchestra and soaring voices deliver the full grandeur of opera in an immersive experience close to home.
“A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.”
