Jiri Kodym, Marta Drastíková, Giovanni Rotolo, Nikola Márová, Ondřej Vinklát, Mathias Deneux, Czech National Ballet, Veaceslav Burlac, Alina Nanu, Václav Zahradník, Prague State Opera Orchestra, Michaela Wenzelová & Viktor Konvalinka
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
The Prague National Ballet performs the ballet Romeo and Juliet in a choreography by Petr Zuska, to the music of Sergei Prokofiev. The State Opera Orchestra of Prague is conducted by Václav Zahradník. The main soloists are Nikola Márová, Viktor Konvalinka, Marta Drastíková, Ondřej Vinklát, Mathias Deneux, Giovanni Rotolo, Michaela Wenzelová, Jiri Kodym, Alina Nanu and Veaceslav Burlac. Recorded at the State Opera in Prague in 2015 and directed by Sonia Paramo. The ballet is based on Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. Prokofiev also reused music from the ballet in three orchestral suites and a piano work. It was composed in 1935 and initially planned for production by the Kirov Ballet (now called Mariinsky Ballet). However, even before Prokofiev began composing, the Kirov collaboration fell through. It is better known from the revised version that was presented at the Kirov Theatre in 1940, with choreography by Lavrovsky, and Galina Ulanova and Konstantin Sergeyev in leading roles.