Description

Royal Ballet
ROMEO AND JULIET
screening time: apr. 215 minutes, one intermission

CREATIVES
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Sergey Prokofiev
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Designer: Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting Designer: John B. Read
Staging and Artistic Supervisor (MacMillan Foundation): Laura Morera

CAST
Juliet: Fumi Kaneko
Romeo: Vadim Muntagirov
Mercutio: Francisco Serrano
Tybalt: Ryoichi Hirano
Benvolio: Giacomo Rovero
Paris: Lukas B. Brændsrød
Lord Capulet: Bennet Gartside
Lady Capulet: Christina Arestis
Escalus, Prince of Verona: Harris Bell
Rosaline: Annette Buvoli
Nurse: Olivia Cowley
Friar Laurence: Thomas Whitehead
Lord Montague: Thomas Whitehead
Lady Montague: Lara Turk
Company: Principal Dancers and Artists of The Royal Ballet
Music performed by: Orchestra of the Royal Ballet and Opera

SHORT SYNOPSIS
Amidst the bitter and bloody feud of the Montague and Capulet families in Renaissance Verona, two teenagers fall deeply in love. Their secret marriage sets off a rapid chain of devastating events, culminating in a tragic misunderstanding and a desperate plan that costs both young lovers their lives in the Capulet family crypt.