Ballet on the Big Screen:
Romeo and Juliet, Live from Bolshoi Theatre
City:
Saint Petersburg
Cinemas:
Formula Kino Galleria
Dates:
12 May 2013
Ромео и Джульетта
Romeo and Juliet
Country: Russia
Year: 2013
Genre: ballet
Time: 2 hours 11 minutes
Возраст: 12+
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 by Simon Virsaladze
Music Director: Andrei Anikhanov
Lighting Designer: Mikhail Sokolov
Assistant Choreographer: Vasily Vorokhobko
Cast:
Signor Capulet - Vitaly Biktimirov
Signor Montague - Alexei Loparevich
Juliet, Capulet's daughter - Anna Nikulina
Romeo, Montague's son - Alexander Volchkov
Signora Capulet - Kristina Karasyova
Tybalt, Signora Capulet's nephew - Mikhail Lobukhin
Mercutio, friend to Romeo - Andrei Bolotin
Duke of Verona - Andrei Sitnikov
Count Paris - Vladislav Lantratov
Friar Lawrence - Alexei Loparevich
Juliet's Nurse - Anna Antropova
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.
Act ll
Scene 1
A Square in Verona. Carnival.
Meeting between Mercutio and Tybalt.
Scene 2
Church.
Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet in secret.
Scene 3
A Square in Verona.
Quarrel, ending in a duel, between Mercutio and Tybalt.
Death of Mercutio.
Romeo’s revenge and Tybalt’s death
Lament for the Dead.
Scene 4
Juliet’s Room.
The Lovers meet prior to their separation.
Paris woos Juliet.
Scene 5
Romeo’s despair in banishment.
Scene 6
Friar Lawrence gives Juliet an opiate.
Scene 7
Juliet’s Room.
Paris woos Juliet.
Juliet drinks the opiate.
Juliet’s vision.
Scene 8
The house of the Capulets.
Paris’ morning Serenade.
News of Juliet’s fictitious death.
The sad news puts an end to the wedding preparations.
Scene 9
The Capulet Vault Romeo’s despair.
Romeo bids farewell to Juliet.
Death of the Lovers.
