Romeo and Juliet

SHAKESPEARE’S STAR-CROSSED LOVERS ENCOUNTER PASSION
AND TRAGEDY IN KENNETH MACMILLAN’S 20TH-CENTURY BALLET
MASTERPIECE.

Shakespeare’s enduring love story is known the world over. Since its 1965 premiere with The Royal Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet has become a modern ballet classic. The choreography captures the emotions of the young couple as they fall in love despite the barriers that finally bring about the story’s tragic end. Each revival gives opportunities for new dancers to interpret the doomed lovers. The whole Company brings the color and action of Renaissance Verona, where a busy market all too quickly bursts into violence and a family feud leads to tragedy for both the Montagues and Capulets.

CHOREOGRAPHY KENNETH MACMILLAN
MUSIC SERGEI PROKOFIEV

ROMEO AND JULIET
BALLET IN THREE ACTS
CHOREOGRAPHY KENNETH MACMILLAN
MUSIC SERGEY PROKOFIEV
BY PERMISSION OF BOOSEY & HAWKES MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD
DESIGNER NICHOLAS GEORGIADIS
LIGHTING DESIGNER JOHN B. READ
STAGING JULIE LINCOLN, CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
BALLET MASTERS GARY AVIS, JONATHAN HOWELLS
BALLET MISTRESS SAMANTHA RAINE
ASSISTANT BALLET MISTRESS SIAN MURPHY
PRINCIPAL COACHING ALEXANDER AGADZHANOV, LEANNE BENJAMIN,
RICARDO CERVERA, LESLEY COLLIER, VIVIANA DURANTE,
ROBERT TEWSLEY, EDWARD WATSON
BENESH CHOREOLOGIST ANNA TREVIEN
CONDUCTOR PAVEL SOROKIN
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
CONCERT MASTER SERGEY LEVITIN
DIRECTED FOR THE SCREEN BY ROSS MACGIBBON
ORIGINALLY BROADCAST LIVE FROM THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
TUESDAY 11 JUNE 2019, 7.15PM

JULIET YASMINE NAGHDI
ROMEO MATTHEW BALL
MERCUTIO VALENTINO ZUCCHETTI
TYBALT GARY AVIS
BENVOLIO BENJAMIN ELLA
PARIS NICOL EDMONDS
LORD CAPULET CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
LADY CAPULET CHRISTINA ARESTIS
NURSE KRISTEN MCNALLY
THREE HARLOTS BEATRIZ STIX-BRUNELL,
MICA BRADBURY
ROMANY PAJDAK
LEAD MANDOLIN MARCELINO SAMBÉ
LORD MONTAGUE JONATHAN HOWELLS
LADY MONTAGUE TARA-BRIGITTE BHAVNANI
FRIAR LAURENCE JONATHAN HOWELLS
ESCALUS THOMAS WHITEHEAD
ROSALINE FUMI KANEKO
ARTISTS OF THE ROYAL BALLET