05 July 2018 (Thu), 19:00 Russian National Ballet Theatre - Classical Ballet Romeo and Juliet
Running time: 2 hour 20 minutes (till 21:00)
The performance has 1 intermission
Schedule for Romeo and Juliet 2022
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Orchestra: Symphony orchestra of the Summer Ballet Seasons
Classical Ballet in 2 act
World premiere: 11 January 1940, Kirov Theatre, Leningrad, USSR
Choreography fantasy in 3 parts based on W.Shakespear’s tragedy and script by S.Prokofiev
The ballet-masters had been dreaming of staging “Romeo and Juliet” for a long time. They were interested in everything – both wonderful and pure love of the young heroes and picturesque Renaissance Venus, as well as comical servants’ characters. They called their performance a choreography fantasy. It is a peculiar theatre fresco – large and lyrical, passionate and delicate. It revives the unforgettable images, created by Renaissance masters in our memory. The choreography of the ballet also follows classical traditions, using some Italian nuisances.
The summary of the ballet
Romeo Montekki, young person from Verona, is fallen in love with the excellent lady Rosaline that, however, does not prevent him from participating in merry tricks of his friends Mercutio and Benvolio, or in street skirmishes between the representatives of two quarrelling families - Montekki and Capulet. This hostility has already taken away dozens of lives. So, one more fight takes place early in the morning, beginning with servants’ arguments. The Duke of Verona tries to make peace between the heads of the two quarrelling families, but in vain… He announces that from now on all the guilty will pay their lives for any bloodshed.
In the Capulet’s house the nurse tries to wake up her favourite. Juliette is naughty and doesn’t listen to her. Parents enter the room. Signor and Signora Capulet remind the girls, that she is old enough to meet her groom at today’s ball. He is Count Paris.
Dames and knights are dancing at the ball. Romeo and his friends are also here. Secretly. But having seen each other incidentally in the hall, Romeo and Juliette understand that they have fallen in love at first sight.
Tibalt is quite an aggressive person. He is Juliette’s cousin and he recognizes in Romeo a member of the enemy family.
Romeo and Juliette meet at night and talk about their love.
During the carnival Juliette and Romeo agree about a secret wedding. The nurse is on their side. They ask monk Lorenzo to help them. He marries them in hope that Romeo and Juliette’s unit will put an end to that deathly feud.
Tibalt and Mercutio face each other among carnival crowd. They are determined to use any chance for a quarrel that ends up with a fight on swards. Romeo tries to calm them down, but in vain. Tibalt wounds Mercutio from under Romeo’s hand. The wound is dangerous. The crown cries for their favourite Mercutio. Romeo runs after Tibalt to take revenge for his friend and kills him after a long and difficult fight. Juliette hears the noise and runs out. She sees her cousin dying. Lorenzo takes Romeo with him to save from the Duke’s fury.
At the dawn next day Romeo says farewell to Juliette and leaves Verona. Juliette’s parents can’t make the girl marry Paris. Lorenzo suggests her plan. Juliette will have some drink that will put her to a sleep that looks like death. Meanwhile Lorenzo will let Romeo know about it. He will get into Capulet’s family vault by the moment of Juliette’s awaking and will take the girl from Verona for ever. Juliette agrees to marry Paris and drinks the medicine.
Merry arrangements to the wedding are interrupted by the nurse’s pitiful cries. She has found dead Juliette. The funeral moves to the vault. But the news about Juliette’s death gets to Romeo earlier, than news from Lorenzo. Romeo gets into the vault, says farewell to Juliette and commits suicide himself. Juliette wakes up and sees his breathless body. She sees no sense in living without her beloved. She throws Romeo’s sharp knife in her heart.
Only over their children’s bodies the heads of Montekki and Capulet forget about their bloody quarrel.
Music For Ballets Fragment 1 Fragment 2
Synopsis
Act I Scene 1
Guests come to the New Year party. Drosselmeier, Masha’s godfather, has prepared wonderful presents for children, including a funny Nutcracker doll. The children are eagerly waiting for the moment when they are shown the Christmas tree and the holiday presents. The desired moment finally comes: they see the decorated Christmas tree sparkling with lights. Drosselmeier appears disguised as a magician and entertains the children with tricks. His ability to animate toys astonishes the children. Masha likes the awkward, funny Nutcracker a lot, and Drosselmeier gives the toy to the girl. Playing with the Nutcracker, children accidentally break it. Masha is very upset. Drosselmeier, with the help of magic, repairs the doll and calms Masha down. Gradually the party comes to an end, the guests leave, and the room is empty. Masha, taking a candlestick, creeps up to the tree to have one more look at her favorite toy before going to sleep, and, making sure that the Nutcracker is in his place, the girl plunges into the world of dreams and gradually falls asleep.
Scene 2 On New Year's Eve Masha has a magic dream. She suddenly faces a large mouse army led by the Mouse King. The Nutcracker and toy soldiers bravely protect her, but the forces are not equal. The mice capture the dolls. Taking a magic candlestick, Masha throws it at the mice. The army runs away. The Nutcracker who is lying on the floor suddenly turns into a handsome Prince. He leads Masha into a fairy, enchanted forest, where the magnificent winter reigns, the snowy whirlwinds swirl, the snowflakes turn around and sparkle. They pick up Masha and the Nutcracker Prince and carry them away, dancing and taking them farther and farther into the snowy forest wilderness. Suddenly Masha and the Prince see a wonderful rook, get aboard and go to the amazing magic land of Confitureurburg.
Act II Scene 3 Masha and the Nutcracker Prince are in the domain of the Mouse King. The captive dolls languish and suffer. Having entered the struggle with the mice and having defeated their king, the Prince and Masha release the captive dolls and sail together with them for a holiday in the sweet city of Confiturenburg. A lot of dolls from different countries come to the festive ball. They perform Russian, Oriental, Spanish, Chinese and other dances. The festival ends with the waltz of flowers. Waking up, Masha realizes that it was just a dream...
Synopsis Act
l Scene 1 A Square
in Verona. Brawl between the Montagues and
Capulets.
Scene 2 A masked Romeo and Mercutio
are on their way to the ball at the Capulets.
Scene 3 Juliet’s Room. Preparations for the
ball.
Scene 4 Ball
at the Capulets.
Scene 5 The
Capulets’ Garden. First Meeting
between Romeo and Juliet.
Act
ll Scene 1 A Square
in Verona. Carnival. Meeting between Mercutio and Tybalt.
Scene 2 Church. Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet
in secret.
Scene 3 A Square in Verona. Quarrel, ending in a duel, between
Mercutio and Tybalt. Death
of Mercutio. Romeo’s revenge
and Tybalt’s death Lament for the Dead.
Scene 4 Juliet’s
Room. The Lovers meet prior
to their separation. Paris woos Juliet.
Scene 5 Romeo’s despair
in banishment.
Scene 6 Friar
Lawrence gives Juliet an opiate.
Scene 7 Juliet’s Room. Paris woos Juliet. Juliet drinks the
opiate. Juliet’s vision.
Scene
8 The house of the
Capulets. Paris’ morning
Serenade. News of Juliet’s
fictitious death. The sad news puts an end to the
wedding preparations.
Scene 9 The Capulet Vault Romeo’s despair. Romeo bids farewell to Juliet. Death of the Lovers
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