ROMEO ET JULIETTE / PROGRAM / Bastille / April / 2026
Description
Raised to the status of myth by Shakespeare, the story of Romeo and Juliet had to await the 20th century before being embodied in a ballet thanks to the music of Sergei Prokofiev in 1935.
In his production created for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1984, Rudolf Nureyev transformed this brilliant, energetic score into a sumptuous, particularly cinematic version.
His choreography focuses on the young Romeo's passage into manhood thanks to a passionate Juliet who tragically enters adulthood.
Ball scenes, youthful provocations and duels in a magnificently reconstructed Italian Renaissance lend body, depth and power to the passion of the lovers of Verona at odds with the ancestral hatreds of their families.
Product information
- Publication Year
- 2026
- Technical specification
Duration : 3h05 with 2 intervals
Opening
First part
65 min
Intermission
20 min
Second part
30 min
Intermission
20 min
Third part
50 min
End
Ballet in three acts