Two Seattle-favorite artists, Vinson Cole and Kathryn Gamberoni, took on the doomed lovers in this production
, with George Manahan conducting, direction by Peter Mark Schifter, and Peter Kaczorowski as lighting director. Nicole Philibosian and Gregory Kunde were the Silver cast stars, both of them effective.

Vinson Cole (Roméo) and Kathryn Gamberoni (Juliette) in Gounod’s Roméo and Juliette, 1988. © Mary McInnis

Arnold Voketaitis (Count Capulet), Kathryn Gamberoni (Juliette), William Mouat (Count Paris), Ralph Wells (Gregorio) and Shirley Harned (Gertrude) in Gounod’s Roméo and Juliette, 1988. © Geoff Manesse

José Garcia, (Friar Lawrence) and Kathryn Gamberoni (Juliette) in Gounod’s Roméo and Juliette, 1988. © Geoff Manesse

Vinson Cole (Roméo) and Kathryn Gamberoni (Juliette) in Gounod’s Roméo and Juliette, 1988. © Geoff Manesse

Kathryn Gamberoni (Juliette) and Vinson Cole (Roméo) in Gounod’s Roméo and Juliette, 1988. © Mary McInnis