Ballet in three acts (1938)
When creating this production for the Opera Ballet in 1984, Rudolf Nureyev opted for powerful dramatization. Splendour and violence, truculence and beauty mingle, rekindling the passion of Shakespeare’s drama. Scrupulously adhering to Prokofiev’s score, itself very close to the play, the choreographer produced a version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in which “the young boy becomes a man” opposite a passionate Juliet who, barely out of childhood, also tragically enters womanhood. Their love cannot be openly declared, as their respective families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are locked into an ancestral feud... Inspired by the Italian Renaissance, the sumptuous sets and costumes by Ezio Frigerio and Mauro Pagano transport us to a painstakingly recreated Verona. In this performance, stunning Paris Opera Ballet étoiles Mathias Heymann and Myriam Ould-Braham are the star-crossed lovers, alongside Stéphane Bullion as Tybalt and Francesco Mura as Mercutio.
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Saturday 13th August
168 min
CTC
Palace Opera & Ballet
