Ballet in 3 acts
Libretto: Leonid Lavrovsky, Sergei Prokofiev [Based: William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet]
Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky
First performance:
* Original version: 30 December 1938, Brno, Czechoslovakia
* Significantly revised version: 11 January 1940, Kirov, Leningrad
Recorded: 1974, The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Juliet: Ekaterina Maximova
Romeo: Vladimir Vasiliev
Mercutio: Jyry Panko
Tybalt: Vladimir Levashov
Paris: Vladimir Romanenko
Benvolio: Isandr Khmelnitsky
Father Capulet: Dmitry Begak
Mother Capulet: Alla Boguslavskaya
Montague: Ivan Smoltsov
Nurse: Svetlana Zahvatoshina
Lorenzo: Valery Zholtikov
Duke: Jury Medvedev
Juliet's Friend: Tatiana Golikova
Troubadour: Valery Lagunov
Jester: Vladimir Koshelev
Ekaterina Maximova is one of the few ballerinas, who, in their artistic maturity, can capture the ebullience of a thirteen-year-old. Her Juliet is an astonishing accomplishment, magnificently danced and emotionally heartrending. Her Romeo is the superb Vladimir Vasiliev, one of the greatest male dancers produced by Russia, who looks the part and acts and dances it to perfection. The other soloists and the Bolshoi corps de ballet make this a performance to treasure. |
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