Idan Cohen | I Capuleti e i Montecchi

I Capuleti e l Montecchi is based on the same Italian sources as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In this version, the Capuleti and Montecchi are rival political factions, and not as described by Shakespeare, "two households, both alike in dignity."

This international production presents a unique collaboration between members of the Amherst Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Lane Swanson, costume and set design by Suzanne P. Dougan and the internationally renowned Idan Cohen Dance Company.

music by Vincenzo Bellini
libretto by Felice Romani
Amherst Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Mark Lane Swanson
directed and choreographed by Idan Cohen
opera singers Karin Shifrin, Anastasia Klevan, Eitan Abraham Drori, Guy Peleg Pelc and American Bass-Baritone Enrico Lagasca
costumes and set design by Suzanne Palmer Dougan
lighting design by Kathy Couch
rehearsal directors Melanie Berson, Noa Shiloh
idan cohen dance company dancers Naama Tamir, Tomer Giat, Tomer Golan, Coral Friedman, Gal Calic, Dana Zeharia

collaborators / The Asylum Arts, a global network for Jewish Culture, Amherst College Theater and Dance Department, MA, Amherst College Faculty Research Award Program, MA, The Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF), MA. The Israeli Choreographers association, Dance at the prairie Residency, Intima-dance Festival, Tmuna Theater, Between Heaven and Earth Dance Festival, The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. The production is supported by the Israeli Consulate, NYC, USA, The Israel Ministry of Culture and Sport, and The Israel lottery council for the arts.

thanks / Wendy Woodson, Roger C. Holden 1919 Professor of Theater and Dance at Amherst College (and the Five College Dance Department) for her huge support. Marge Goldwater - Israel Institute Schusterman foundation. Deb Krivoy, Rabbi Bruce Bromberg Seltzer, Amherst College Hillel, Amherst College Office of Jewish Advisor. Professor Netta Pulvermacher, Dr. Vered Aviv - head of the graduate program, The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Dr. Sari Elron, Dr. Ido Ariel head of the Vocal Department. Tal Yachas / YairVardi; Nava Frenkel & Ronen Itzhaki, Israel. Netta Blumenthal and the Lottery Center, Qiryat Sharet-Holon, Eyal Benin, Dalit Haramati and 'Ironi Alef' School of the arts, Tel Aviv. Oshri Segev for his support and advise along the way, Ophir Lotan for her styling advice. Special thanks to Maestro Omer Meir Wellber.