Here the iconic Verona opera - and Charles Gounod"s masterpiece - makes a superb comeback in the majestic setting of the Arena di Verona. "Rom+ªo et Juliette" had not been performed in the Arena since 1977. The new production was entrusted to Italian director Francesco Micheli, who opted for a personal, highly original version: "An arena within the Arena, like a blood-red Elizabethan theatre. A senescent world that will not let its own children live." Juliette is sung by Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze, in a return to one of her early roles at the Salzburg Festival. Stefano Secco, often heard at the Op+ªra Bastille in Paris and other international venues, is Rom+ªo.