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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: May 21, 2026 CONTACT Maria Sensi Sellner, Artistic & General Director media@resworks.org   (412) 501-3330 Resonance Works' Roméo & Juliette makes grand opera intimate Gounod's operatic retelling of Shakespeare's star-cross'd lovers will be performed in Pittsburgh for the first time in 20 years. Pittsburgh-native tenor Benjamin Werley and soprano Helen Zhibing Huang as Roméo and Juliette • Photo courtesy of El Paso Opera Resonance Works' Roméo & Juliette makes grand opera intimate Gounod's operatic retelling of Shakespeare's star-cross'd lovers will be performed in Pittsburgh for the first time in 20 years. Resonance Works concludes its 13th season with Roméo & Juliette , Charles Gounod’s operatic retelling of Shakespeare’s tale of star-cross’d lovers and the devastating cost of hatred, performed in Pittsburgh for the first time in 20 years. Performances take place Friday June 19 at 8:00 PM and Sunday Jun...