Ballet

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a ballet choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky to music by Sergei Prokofiev, first performed in 1938. Romeo and Juliet (Russian: Ромео и Джульетта, romanized: Romeo i Dzhulyetta), Op.

Romeo and Juliet
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Choreography
Leonid Lavrovsky
Music
Sergei Prokofiev
Premiere
1938
First performed at
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About the work

Romeo and Juliet (Russian: Ромео и Джульетта, romanized: Romeo i Dzhulyetta), Op. 64, is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. First composed in 1935, it was substantially revised for its Soviet premiere in early 1940. Prokofiev made from the ballet three orchestral suites and a suite for solo piano.

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