“Romeo and Juliet”, ballet, Op. 64

Ballet after Shakespeare, with a scenario by Sergei Radlov, Adrian Piotrovsky and the composer. Written in 1935-36 and later revised. First staged in Brno in 1938; Leonid Lavrovsky’s Leningrad...Read more

Ballet after Shakespeare, with a scenario by Sergei Radlov, Adrian Piotrovsky and the composer. Written in 1935-36 and later revised. First staged in Brno in 1938; Leonid Lavrovsky’s Leningrad production followed in 1940.

Movements:
1. Introduction
2. Romeo
3. The Street Awakens
4. Morning Dance
5. The Quarrel
6. The Fight
7. The Duke’s Command
8. Interlude
9. Preparations for the Ball (Juliet and the Nurse)
10. Juliet as a Young Girl
11. Arrival of the Guests (Minuet)
12. Masks
13. Dance of the Knights
14. Juliet’s Variation
15. Mercutio
16. Madrigal
17. Tybalt Recognizes Romeo
18. Gavotte (Departure of the Guests)
19. Balcony Scene
20. Romeo’s Variation
21. Love Dance
22. Folk Dance
23. Romeo and Mercutio
24. Dance of the Five Couples
25. Dance with Mandolins
26. The Nurse
27. The Nurse Delivers Juliet’s Note to Romeo
28. Romeo at Friar Laurence’s
29. Juliet at Friar Laurence’s
30. The Folk Festival Continues
31. Folk Dance Again
32. Tybalt Meets Mercutio
33. Tybalt Fights Mercutio
34. Mercutio Dies
35. Romeo Resolves to Avenge Mercutio
36. Finale of Act II
37. Introduction
38. Romeo and Juliet (Juliet’s Bedroom)
39. Farewell before Parting
40. The Nurse
41. Juliet Refuses to Marry Paris
42. Juliet Alone
43. Interlude
44. At Friar Laurence’s
45. Interlude
46. Back in Juliet’s Room
47. Juliet Alone
48. Morning Serenade
49. Dance of the Girls with Lilies
50. At Juliet’s Bedside
51. Juliet’s Funeral
52. Juliet’s Death

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