I Capuleti is the shortest of Bellini's and Felice Romani? operas but considered by some to be the most adventurous and most ?modern? of all their collaborated work. It has been performed by some of the world's best opera singers, including one Luciano Pavorotti as Tebaldo (Tybalt).

The tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet inspired some of Shakespeare's finest verse?and some of Bellini's most beautiful melodies. This bel canto masterpiece features international stars Joyce DiDonato and Nicole Cabell. Saimir Pirgu, shines in his debut role as Tebaldo. Costumes are by world-renowned fashion designer Christian Lacroix and Riccardo Frizza, praised by The New Yorker for his "crisp and idiomatic conducting," leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

Sung in Italian with English supertitles