Based on a synopsis created by Adrian Piotrovsky (who first suggested the subject to Prokofiev) and Sergey Radlov, the ballet was composed by Prokofiev in September 1935 to their scenario which followed the precepts of "drambalet" (dramatised ballet, officially promoted at the Kirov Ballet to replace works based primarily on choreographic display and innovation). Following Radlov's acrimonious resignation from the Kirov in June 1934, a new agreement was signed with the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on the understanding that Piotrovsky would remain involved. However, the ballet's original happy ending (contrary to Shakespeare) provoked controversy among Soviet cultural officials; the ballet's production was then postponed indefinitely when the staff of the Bolshoi was overhauled at the behest of the chairman of the Committee on Arts Affairs, Platon Kerzhentsev. The ballet's failure to be produced within Soviet Russia until 1940 may also have been due to the increased fear and caution in the musical and theatrical community in the aftermath of the two notorious Pravda editorials criticising Shostakovich and other "degenerate modernists" including Piotrovsky. The conductor Yuri Fayer met with Prokofiev frequently during the writing of the music, and he strongly urged the composer to revert to the traditional ending. Fayer went on to conduct the first performance of the ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre.
| Date of composition | 1935 |
| Premiered | 1938, December 30th in Brno, Czech Republic |
| First published | 1944 in Russia, Moscow |
| Type | Ballet |
| Catalogue | Op. 64 |
| Approx. duration | 130 minutes |
| Instruments | 2x Orchestra |
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Sergei Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
● Sergei Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet No.1, Op. 64bis ● Sergei Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet No.2, Op. 64ter ● Sergei Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet No.3, Op. 101 |
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Famous Works
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Listen to the work in full here: https://apple.co/3bQfKyY Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra performing the complete version of Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. Recorded in November 2008. This recording won Best Orchestral Performance and Disc of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2011. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to the LSO's channel: http://bit.ly/LSOsubscribe Subscribe to LSO newsletter: https://smarturl.it/lsonewsletter Follow the LSO on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/londonsymphony Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/londonsymphony Twitter: https://twitter.com/londonsymphony Website: https://lso.co.uk/ Apple Music: http://geni.us/yH0sXY Spotify: http://spoti.fi/291cCk0
Provided to YouTube by Warner Classics Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1: Dance of the Knights · André Previn Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet ℗ A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1973, 1987 Parlophone Records Limited Conductor: André Previn Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Composer: Sergei Prokofiev Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Royal Opera House Records Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: No. 13 Dance of the Knights · The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden · Mark Ermler · Sergei Prokofiev Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet ℗ 1994 Conifer Records Limited Released on: 1994-02-26 Band Leader: John Brown Engineer, Producer: Tryggvi Tryggvason Engineer: Andrew Halifax Assistant Engineer: Geoff Miles Assistant Engineer: Emma Stocker Unknown, Post- Producer: Marian Freeman Executive Producer: John Kehoe Auto-generated by YouTube.
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, No 13 Dance of the Knights Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев, tr. Sergej Sergeevič Prokof'ev)[1][2] (27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1891 -- 5 March 1953)[3] was a Russian composer, pianist[4][5] and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is generally regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century.