Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis

Radio transmission from Paris of Hector Berlioz’s dramatic symphony to words from Shakespeare’s play (adapated by Emile Deschamps). D. E. Ingelbrecht conducts the Orchestre National and the Choir of Radiodiffusion Francaise.

Country

France

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

6 Jul 1950 at 20:50 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)

Duration

100 mins

Availability

No archive copy known

Credits

Writer

Emile Deschamps

Music

Hector Berlioz

Contributor

D. E. Ingelbrecht

Cast

Camille Maurane	Romeo
Jacqueline Delusseux	Juliet
Andre Vessiere	Mercutio

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

In the Radio Times programme note for this entry, Harold Rutland notes that for Berlioz the specific quality of the love between Romeo and Juliet could only be expressed in instrumental language, "by virtue of its vagueness incomparably more powerful than any words sung or spoken".

Production Company

Name

Radiodiffusion Francaise