The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (2019)

Kenneth MacMillan's passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest. Sergey Prokofiev's iconic score provides the basis for the ballet's romantic pas de deux and vibrant crowd scenes, while 16th-century Verona is created by Nicholas Georgiadis's magnificent designs. In 1965, MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet was given its premiere at Covent Garden by The Royal Ballet and was an immediate success: the first night was met with rapturous applause, which lasted for 40 minutes, and an incredible 43 curtain calls. The title roles were danced by Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, although the ballet had been created on Christopher Gable and Lynn Seymour. It has been performed by The Royal Ballet more than four hundred times since, as well as touring the world, and has become a true classic of the 20th-century ballet repertory.

Director: Kevin O'Hare

Casts

	Matthew Ball as Romeo
	Yasmine Naghdi as Julieta
	Valentino Zucchetti as Mercutio
	Gary Avis as Tybalt
	Benjamin Ella as Benvolio
	Nicol Edmonds as Paris
	Christina Arestis as Lord Capulet
	Thomas Whitehead as Escalus
	Fumi Kaneko as Rosaline
	Kristen McNally as Nurse
	Jonathan Howells as Friar Laurence
	Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani as Lady Montague
	Leticia Dias as Juliet's friend
	Isabella Gasparini as Juliet's friend
	Meaghan Grace Hinkis as Juiet's friend
	Chisato Katsura as Juliet's friend
	Anna Rose O'Sullivan as Juliet's friend
	Gemma Pitchley-Gale as Juliet's friend
	Beatriz Stix-Brunell as Harlot
	Mica Bradbury as Harlot
	Romany Pajdak as Harlot
	Marcelino Sambé as Mandolin dancer
	Luca Acri as Mandolin dancer
	Téo Dubreuil as Mandolin dancer
	Tomas Mock as Mandolin dancer
	Calvin Richardson as Mandolin dancer

Crew