Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)

Synopsis

Given its premiere by The Royal Ballet in 1965 with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing the title roles, Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become a signature work for the Company, enjoying great popularity around the world. From the outset, the production teems with life and colour as the townspeople, market traders and servants of the rival Montagues and Capulets go about their daily business in vibrant crowd scenes. But Romeo and Juliet take centre stage for those great pas de deux: the meeting in the ballroom, the balcony scene, the morning after the wedding and the final devastating tomb scene. Although The Royal Ballet has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times, each performance and pairing is subtly different and Lauren Cuthbertson and Federico Bonelli are utterly captivating in the title roles.

Main Cast

Lauren Cuthbertson

Juliet

Age : 39 | Popularity : 7%

Federico Bonelli

Romeo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Alexander Campbell

Mercutio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Bennet Gartside

Tybalt

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Dawid Trzensimiech

Benvolio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Valeri Hristov

Paris

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Christopher Saunders

Lord Capulet

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Christina Arestis

Lady Capulet

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ross MacGibbon
	Stage Director	Christopher Saunders Monica Mason
Sound	Music	Sergei Prokofiev
	Conductor	Barry Wordsworth
Crew	Choreographer	Kenneth MacMillan
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