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Roméo

et

Juliette (

Romeo and Juliet) is an

opéra in five acts by

Charles Gounod to a

French libretto by

Jules Barbier and

Michel Carré, based on

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by

William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the

Théâtre

Lyrique

(Théâtre-Lyrique

Impérial

du

Châtelet),

Paris on 27 April 1867. This Opera is notable for the series of four duets for the main characters and the waltz song

"Je

veux

vivre"

for the soprano.

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