Roméo et Juliette Their love is here to stay! Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo in a new production of Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” are being praised for their chemistry. Is it “ A marriage of true minds.” Here’s what they told a NYTimes writer: GRIGOLO: It’s not out of nothing. It’s like when you want to make a dish in the kitchen, you have good prime materials. Good tomato, good zucchini, good fish. Everything is so fresh. You just need to put it on the grill. Me, Diana, a good conductor, a good director: The ingredients are so good that it’s going to come out something nice. DAMRAU: It’s true. GRIGOLO: You just do the right thing. Just do it for real. We never fake it. DAMRAU: The kissing we fake. GRIGOLO; What? I don’t fake it. I never fake it. So much for “he said/she said” discussions—especially when he and she sing four stunning duets in Romeo and Juliet...
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