The broadcast of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette will be presented live in select cinemas nationwide on Saturday, January 21 at 11:55 a.m. CT, followed by an encore presentation in select cinemas on Wednesday, January 25 at 6:30 p.m. local time.In Birmingham, the event will be shown at the Carmike Vestavia Hills 10, and Regal Trussville Stadium 16.

The electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau reunites for a new production of Gounod’s opera based on the Shakespeare play. Damrau makes her role debut as Juliette in Bartlett Sher’s new production, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Elliot Madore sings Mercutio and Mikhail Petrenko sings Frère Laurent. Sher’s staging is a La Scala production, initially presented by the Salzburg Festival, where it premiered in 2008.