Bolshoi Theatre • Romeo and Juliet

Ballet in two acts

The Sleeping Beauty

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Alexander Glazunov

Cesare Pugni

Ballet by John Neumeier in two acts based on the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

to music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Alfred Shnitke, Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam

Leo Delibes

Ludwig Minkus

Aram Khachaturyan

Alexander Glazunov

Yuri Krasavin

to music by Anatoly Korolyov

Ballet in four acts

The Seagull

Ilya Demutsky

Ballet in one act

Grand Pas from the ballet Paquita

Ludvig Minkus, Edouard Deldevez

Ludwig Minkus

Georges Bizet–Rodion Shchedrin

Ballet by Yuri Grigorovich in two acts

Romeo and Juliet

Sergei Prokofiev

Divertissement

Ballet by Christopher Wheeldon in three acts with a prologue

The Winter’s Tale

Joby Talbot

Ballet in one act

Chopiniana

to music by Frederic Chopin

Sergei Prokofiev

to music by Sergei Prokofiev

Arif Melikov

to music by Valery Gavrilin

Ballet in two acts

Giselle

Adolphe Adam

Ballet by George Balanchine in three parts

Jewels

to music by Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Ballet in three acts

Marco Spada

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Herman Severin Levenskiold

Ballet in two acts

The Queen of Spades

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Yuri Krasavin

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Yuri Krasavin

to music by Alfred Schnitke and Milko Lazar

One-act ballets program

Four Characters in Search of a Plot

12+

Romeo and Juliet

About the performance

Premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre on June 26, 1979.

Revival of the first production. Premiered on April 21, 2010.

Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Radlov, Adrian Piotrovsky after the play of the same name by William Shakespear in Yuri Grigorovich’s version

Choreographer

Yuri Grigorovich

Scenery and Costumes

Simon Virsaladze

Music Director

Andrei Anikhanov

Lighting Designer

Mikhail Sokolov

Assistant Choreographer

Vasily Vorokhobko

Anna Nikulina as Juliet. Alexander Volchkov as Romeo.

Photo by Damir Yusupov.

Anna Nikulina as Juliet. Alexander Volchkov as Romeo. Andrei Sitnikov as Friar Lawrence.

Photo by Damir Yusupov.

Kristina Karasyova as Signora Capulet.

Photo by Damir Yusupov.

Anna Nikulina as Juliet. Alexander Volchkov as Romeo.

Photo by Damir Yusupov.

Synopsis

Act l

Scene 1

A Square in Verona.

Brawl between the Montagues and Capulets.

Scene 2

A masked Romeo and Mercutio are on their way to the ball at the Capulets.

Scene 3

Juliet’s Room. Preparations for the ball.

Scene 4

Ball at the Capulets.

Scene 5

The Capulets’ Garden.

First Meeting between Romeo and Juliet.

General partner of the Bolshoi Theatre — insurance company «Ingosstrakh»

Privileged sponsor of the Bolshoi Theatre — Tinkoff Bank

Privileged partner of the Bolshoi Theatre — GUM