Photograph of Stephen Carroll playing Roméo Montaigu during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Carroll is standing beneath a balcony. Text on the back wall reads, "Ah, arise! Appear, pure and beautiful sun!"

Photograph of Shelby Hendryx playing Juliette Capulet during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Hendryx is standing on a balcony and singing.

Photograph of Shelby Hendryx and Stephen Carroll playing Juliette Capulet and Roméo Montaigu, respectively, during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Hendryx is looking down at Carroll from a balcony.

Photograph of Shelby Hendryx and Stephen Carroll playing Juliette Capulet and Roméo Montaigu, respectively, during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Carroll is looking up at Hendryx from beneath a balcony. Text on the wall behind the stage reads, "But...if you don't mean well...I beg you to cease your suit and leave me to my grief!"

Photograph of Stephen Carroll playing Roméo Montaigu during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Carroll is resting his hand on the wall next to him as he sings.

Photograph of Stephen Dubberly conducting the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Photograph of Shelby Hendryx and Stephen Carroll playing Juliette Capulet and Roméo Montaigu, respectively, during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. The actors are kneeling side by side in prayer.

Photograph of (l-r) Stephen Carroll, Shelby Hendryx, and Ryan Stoll playing Roméo Montaigu, Juliette Capulet, and Frère Laurent, respectively, during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Stoll is standing behind Carroll and Hendryx as they kneel in prayer.

Photograph of Chaazi Munyanya playing Stéphano during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Munyanya is holding a sword in her right hand.

Photograph of Chaazi Munyanya playing Stéphano during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Munyanya is holding a sword in her right hand.

Photograph of a rehearsal of Act III, Scene ii of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Retainers and kinsfolk of the House of Capulet are facing Stéphano (2nd from right), played by Chaazi Munyanya, in front of the Capulet estate.

Photograph of a rehearsal of Act III, Scene ii of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Retainers and kinsfolk of the House of Capulet (left) and the House of Montaigu (right) are facing each other in front of the Capulet estate.

Photograph of a rehearsal of Act III, Scene ii of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Retainers and kinsfolk of the House of Capulet are watching as Tybalt (right), played by Lixin Tong, sings.

Photograph of a rehearsal of Act III, Scene ii of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Retainers and kinsfolk of the House of Capulet are standing in a group. Lixin Tong (right) plays Tybalt, nephew of Lady Capulet.

Photograph of Stephen Carroll playing Roméo Montaigu during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Photograph of a rehearsal of Act III, Scene ii of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Seven retainers and kinsfolk of the House of Montaigu are standing in a group. Wei-Shu Thai (left), Stephen Carroll (2nd from left), and Chaazi Munyanya (3rd from left) are playing Mercutio, Roméo, and Stéphano, respectively.

Photograph of Wei-Shu Tsai (left) and Chaazi Munyanya (right) playing Mercutio and Stéphano, respectively, during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Tsai is holding a sword in his right hand.

Photograph of Patrick Jones (left) and Darry Hearon (right) playing Grégorio and Benvolio, respectively, during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. The men are facing each other.

Photograph of a rehearsal of Act III, Scene ii of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Retainers and kinsfolk of the House of Capulet and the House of Montaigu are watching as Roméo and Mercutio -- played by Stephen Carroll and Wei-Shu Tsai, respectively -- fight Tybalt (Lixin Tong) outside of the Capulet estate.

Photograph of Stephen Carroll playing Roméo Montaigu during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Carroll is holding a sword in his right hand and a dagger in his left.

Photograph of a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Townspeople are watching as Tybalt, played by Lixin Tong, lies dying. Text on the wall behind the stage reads, "O day of grief! O day of tears!"

Photograph of Robert Cardwell (center front) and Stephen Carroll (right) playing the Duke of Verona and Roméo Montaigu, respectively, during a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. The men are standing on a balcony with two other performers.

Photograph of a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Townspeople are watching as Tybalt, played by Lixin Tong, lies dying.

Photograph of a rehearsal of the opera "Roméo et Juliette" held at the University of North Texas' Murchison Performing Arts Center. Townspeople are watching as Tybalt, played by Lixin Tong, lies dying.