Romeo and Juliette
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By Charles Gounod September 6 - October 1, 2019 Despite the senseless, bloody conflict between their warring families, two young lovers from opposite sides of the tracks commit to each other in life and death. Conductor: Michel Plasson November 1987 Beginning of Act 4 “Va! Je t’ai pardonné!”: Ruth Ann Swenson, Alfredo Kraus “Ah! Je veux vivre”: Ruth Ann Swenson “Madrigal”: Ruth Ann Swenson, Alfredo Kraus “O nuit divine!”: Ruth Ann Swenson, Alfredo Kraus “C’est là! Salut tombeau”: Ruth An n Swenson, Alfredo Kraus
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