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Romeo and Juliet in Classical Music

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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I Feel Pretty by Bernstein

Romeo and Juliet has been that inexhaustible source of inspiration for so many artists, and these composers are no exception. Berlioz evoked Juliet's sleep in his soliloquy on Shakespeare. Gu noa and Bernstein give Juliet slash Maria a warmth and agency that Chikovsky and Percovia avoid. For Guno, Shikovsky and Berlioz there was nothing like the original.

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