The lushly cast production, which opened Saturday and plays through April 3 at the San Diego Civic Theatre, is French grand opera at its finest
If the past two years seemed like an artistic desert for local opera fans, San Diego Opera’s “Roméo et Juliette” feels like an oasis.
But the scene-stealing highlight of the production is the company debut of New Zealand tenor Pene Pati as Roméo. Pati burst into the national spotlight in September 2019 when he subbed in for an ailing Roméo at San Francisco Opera and walked away with the show.
Pati’s standout aria is “Ah! lêve-toi soleil,” where Roméo spots Juliette on the balcony and begs her to “arise” and “appear.” He sings with hopeful urgency and a sense of innate joy that seems to bubble out of his body — particularly during his jubilant curtain-call on opening night. And Cabell, who has sung the role of Juliette many times, makes easy work of her character’s famous waltz aria “Je veux vivre” . Together, their voices blended beautifully in the lark vs.
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