Romeo and Juliet
Description
Age category: 12+
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Number of intermissions: 2
Ballet in three acts, thirteen scenes
Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev, Leonid Lavrovsky, Adrian Piotrovsky, and Sergei Radlov, based on Shakespeare’s tragedy. Choreography by Kenneth MacMillan
The ballet was first staged in 1965. It was first performed in Perm in 2013. The 2018 revival. Running time: 3 hours including 2 intervals
Thanks to Prokofiev’s immortal music, ‘the world’s saddest story’ has given rise to a hundred or so ballet interpretations. Two of these are regarded as classics: the version by Soviet choreographer Leonid Lavrovsky (Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, 1940) and that by British choreographer Kenneth MacMillan (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1965).
Sir Kenneth MacMillan fundamentally altered the perception of the narrative ballet, raising it to the level of psychological theatre without making the choreography any less inventive. At the London première in 1965, Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn shone in their roles as Romeo and Juliet. The audience called them back on the stage for 43 curtain calls, the applause continuing unabated for nearly 40 minutes. The Perm Ballet is the first Russian company to feature this masterpiece, which is cherished by the British as much as Swan Lake is held dear by Russians.
directors
Musical Director and Conductor:
Teodor Currentzis
Artistic Director:
Alexey Miroshnichenko
Costume Production Curator:
Tatiana Noginova
Ballet Master–Producer:
Gary Harris
Ballet Master–Producer:
Karl Burnett
Set Designer:
Mauro Carosi
Associate Set Designer:
Cinzia Lo Fazio
Costume Designer:
Odette Nicoletti
Associate Costume Designer:
Luigi Benedetti
Lighting Designer: Sergey Martynov
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lecture
One hour before the official start guests who bought a ticket can attend a lecture about the upcoming event. Host — Anna Fefelova, a musicologist. The lecture is hosted in Russian.
08 june 2013
