Roméo et Juliette – review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonComplete performances of Roméo et Juliette come along every few years, and always raise the same question – whether this dramatic symphony is one of Berlioz's greatest and most original achievements, or whether it is actually an intractable hybrid of elements that are impossible to reconcile. Even Berlioz agnostics would agree the score contains some wonderful music, passages that really are among the finest things he composed, and which would make anyone want the w...

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