The Met: Live in HD 2016-17 season presents a broadcast of Gounods Roméo et Juliette, presented live in select cinemas nationwide on Saturday, January 21. The electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau reunites for a new production of Gounods opera based on the Shakespeare play. Damrau makes her role debut as Juliette in Bartlett Shers new production, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Elliot Madore sings Mercutio and Mikhail Petrenko sings Frère Laurent. Shers staging is a La Scala production, initially presented by the Salzburg Festival, where it premiered in 2008.