ROMEO ET JULIETTE / PROGRAM / Bastille / April / 2026
J01201936
Sold by Opéra National de Paris
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