I 'Letters to Juliet' forlader Sophie Hall (Seyfried), en aspirerende journalist, New York sammen med sin forlovede, Victor (Bernal), for at holde en romantisk ferie i Verona.Byens kendte gårdhave, hvor Juliet Capulet fra Shakespeares tragiske drama om Romeo og Julie boede, besøges hver dag af kvinder fra hele verden, som lægger breve om ulykkelig kærlighed til Juliet, i håb om at få gode råd tilbage.Sophie finder et 50 år gammelt brev skrevet af Claire Smith om en ung italiener ved navn Lorenzo, som hun var dybt forelsket i som teenager.Sophie besvarer brevet, og til hendes store overraskelse inspirerer hendes svar Claire til at rejse til Verona for at lede efter Lorenzo.Sophie vælger at tage med Claire og hendes barnebarn Charlie rundt i Toscana for at hjælpe til med eftersøgningen.Undervejs i 'Letters to Juliet' mærker de alle tre, hvor svært det kan være at finde det mod, som kræves for at give efter for kærligheden.
Denne ukonventionelle Shakespeare bearbejdelse bruger det originale manuskript men flytter handlingen til et futuristisk storbymiljø på stranden ved Verona. Dermed bliver det en nutidig genfortælling af den mest tragiske kærlighedshistorie til dato.
Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
A young woman takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, after a breakup, only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked, and she'll have to share her vacation with a cynical British man.
German boarding school student Pauli hopes to lose his virginity while visiting his father in Italy.
Niccolò Vivaldi is a cello player and he plays in Arena di Verona Orchestra. But he is not the first and neither the second cello. He is frustrated. Nobody can remember his face, nor his name. Niccolò is married to Costanza, who is really beautiful and he takes some pictures of her naked. Later he shows the pictures to a friend and so he feels better. He starts to write a comic opera called "Il merlo maschio" only to discover later he had written Rossini's "La gazza ladra". To maintain his self-esteem he can only show his wife...
Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores. Bartlett Sher’s elegant staging also features baritone Will Liverman and tenor Frederick Ballentine as the archrivals Mercutio and Tybalt, mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as the mischievous pageboy Stéphano, and bass-baritone Alfred Walker as Frère Laurent.
Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.
Two great friends leave Verona for Milan, Valentine with great enthusiasm and Proteus unwillingly, as he will have to leave his recently-betrothered Julia. Valentine soon falls in love with Silvia, daughter of the Duke of Milan, but then Proteus meets the captivating Silvia... and he too becomes besotted.
The tale of an Irish writer who moves to Northern Italy, finding a new sense of tranquility in life after experiencing heartache.
Bellini's radiant retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a beacon in the bel canto tradition. San Francisco Opera's co-production features two of the greatest voices in bel canto together for the first time: mezzo Joyce DiDonato and soprano Nicole Cabell. Their compelling duet is one of the finest marriages between two voices in many, many years. The production, directed by Vincent Broussard and featuring costumes by Christian Lecroix, is captured in brilliant HD.
For the centenary of the Verona Opera Festival, Jonas Kaufmann gave a gala concert in the Arena on 20 August 2023. With colleagues Sonya Yoncheva and Ludovic Tézier, and accompanied by the Orchestra della Fondazione Arena di Verona conducted by Jochen Rieder, he performed arias and duets from Tosca, Otello and Andrea Chenier, and evergreens by Franz Lehár and Leonard Bernstein as well as famous film songs such as 'Nella fantasia' (The Mission) and 'Nelle tue mani' (Gladiator).