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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Yasmine Naghdi (Juliet); Matthew Ball (Romeo); Valentino Zucchetti (Mercutio); Gary Avis (Tybalt); Benjamin Ella (Benvolio); Nicol Edmonds (Paris); Christopher Saunders (Lord Capulet); Christina Arestis (Lady Capulet); Fumi Kaneko (Rosaline); Kristen McNally (Nurse); Jonathan Howells (Friar Laurence)
Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest. Sergey Prokofiev’s famously evocative score is the driver for some of the most ardent pas de deux and powerful set pieces in ballet history. The vibrant crowd scenes with magnificent designs by Nicholas Georgiadis vividly recreate the colour and bustle of 16th-century Verona in this Royal Ballet classic.
DVD
Genre: Ballet
Release Date: 01/05/2021
Sound Formats: Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 & DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: (extra features only) EN, FR, DE, JP, KO
Catalogue Number: OA1314D
BLU-RAY
Genre: Ballet
Release Date: 01/05/2021
Sound Formats: LPCM 2.0 & DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: (extra features only) EN, FR, DE, JP, KO
Catalogue Number: OABD7273D
Conductor(s):
Pavel Sorokin
Pavel Sorokin
Orchestra(s):
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Artist(s):
Yasmine Naghdi; Matthew Ball; Valentino Zucchetti; Gary Avis; Benjamin Ella; Nicol Edmonds; Christopher Saunders; Christina Arestis; Fumi Kaneko; Kristen McNally; Jonathan Howells; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Pavel Sorokin
Yasmine Naghdi; Matthew Ball; Valentino Zucchetti; Gary Avis; Benjamin Ella; Nicol Edmonds; Christopher Saunders; Christina Arestis; Fumi Kaneko; Kristen McNally; Jonathan Howells; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Pavel Sorokin
"Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball will hug their first Romeo and Juliet their whole lives. What a dream debut for these two youngsters, a pair whose flight to private passion eclipsed a world of cynicism with their innocence. Naghdi has a rare, sombre virtuousness on stage; Ball, with his high forehead and curly hair, looked like a portrait of Philip Sidney, which compensated for some undeveloped dancing. But the closeness between them in their balcony scene marvellously showed two youngsters swimming in love." (The Spectator)
"From the quarrelling townsfolk to the stately ball guests, this is a Romeo packed with life, the whole company caught up in the ballet’s unfolding tragedy." (The Independent ★★★★)
"Nicholas Georgiadis’s designs are as sumptuous and painterly as ever. There’s a good supporting cast: Gary Avis plays Tybalt drunk on his own self-importance; Valentino Zucchetti’s Mercutio has an impressively nonchalant way with a sword. This is a youthful, passionate, enthralling Romeo and Juliet." (The Guardian ★★★★★)
"Kenneth MacMillan was a consummate story-teller, and in Romeo and Juliet he came as close to perfection as it’s possible to get" (Culture Whisper ★★★★)
"From the quarrelling townsfolk to the stately ball guests, this is a Romeo packed with life, the whole company caught up in the ballet’s unfolding tragedy." (The Independent ★★★★)
"Nicholas Georgiadis’s designs are as sumptuous and painterly as ever. There’s a good supporting cast: Gary Avis plays Tybalt drunk on his own self-importance; Valentino Zucchetti’s Mercutio has an impressively nonchalant way with a sword. This is a youthful, passionate, enthralling Romeo and Juliet." (The Guardian ★★★★★)
"Kenneth MacMillan was a consummate story-teller, and in Romeo and Juliet he came as close to perfection as it’s possible to get" (Culture Whisper ★★★★)
Yasmine Naghdi (Juliet); Matthew Ball (Romeo); Valentino Zucchetti (Mercutio); Gary Avis (Tybalt); Benjamin Ella (Benvolio); Nicol Edmonds (Paris); Christopher Saunders (Lord Capulet); Christina Arestis (Lady Capulet); Fumi Kaneko (Rosaline); Kristen McNally (Nurse); Jonathan Howells (Friar Laurence)
Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest. Sergey Prokofiev’s famously evocative score is the driver for some of the most ardent pas de deux and powerful set pieces in ballet history. The vibrant crowd scenes with magnificent designs by Nicholas Georgiadis vividly recreate the colour and bustle of 16th-century Verona in this Royal Ballet classic.
DVD
Genre: Ballet
Release Date: 01/05/2021
Sound Formats: Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 & DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: (extra features only) EN, FR, DE, JP, KO
Catalogue Number: OA1314D
BLU-RAY
Genre: Ballet
Release Date: 01/05/2021
Sound Formats: LPCM 2.0 & DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: (extra features only) EN, FR, DE, JP, KO
Catalogue Number: OABD7273D
Conductor(s):
Pavel Sorokin
Pavel Sorokin
Orchestra(s):
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Artist(s):
Yasmine Naghdi; Matthew Ball; Valentino Zucchetti; Gary Avis; Benjamin Ella; Nicol Edmonds; Christopher Saunders; Christina Arestis; Fumi Kaneko; Kristen McNally; Jonathan Howells; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Pavel Sorokin
Yasmine Naghdi; Matthew Ball; Valentino Zucchetti; Gary Avis; Benjamin Ella; Nicol Edmonds; Christopher Saunders; Christina Arestis; Fumi Kaneko; Kristen McNally; Jonathan Howells; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Pavel Sorokin
"Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball will hug their first Romeo and Juliet their whole lives. What a dream debut for these two youngsters, a pair whose flight to private passion eclipsed a world of cynicism with their innocence. Naghdi has a rare, sombre virtuousness on stage; Ball, with his high forehead and curly hair, looked like a portrait of Philip Sidney, which compensated for some undeveloped dancing. But the closeness between them in their balcony scene marvellously showed two youngsters swimming in love." (The Spectator)
"From the quarrelling townsfolk to the stately ball guests, this is a Romeo packed with life, the whole company caught up in the ballet’s unfolding tragedy." (The Independent ★★★★)
"Nicholas Georgiadis’s designs are as sumptuous and painterly as ever. There’s a good supporting cast: Gary Avis plays Tybalt drunk on his own self-importance; Valentino Zucchetti’s Mercutio has an impressively nonchalant way with a sword. This is a youthful, passionate, enthralling Romeo and Juliet." (The Guardian ★★★★★)
"Kenneth MacMillan was a consummate story-teller, and in Romeo and Juliet he came as close to perfection as it’s possible to get" (Culture Whisper ★★★★)
"From the quarrelling townsfolk to the stately ball guests, this is a Romeo packed with life, the whole company caught up in the ballet’s unfolding tragedy." (The Independent ★★★★)
"Nicholas Georgiadis’s designs are as sumptuous and painterly as ever. There’s a good supporting cast: Gary Avis plays Tybalt drunk on his own self-importance; Valentino Zucchetti’s Mercutio has an impressively nonchalant way with a sword. This is a youthful, passionate, enthralling Romeo and Juliet." (The Guardian ★★★★★)
"Kenneth MacMillan was a consummate story-teller, and in Romeo and Juliet he came as close to perfection as it’s possible to get" (Culture Whisper ★★★★)
