Romeo and Juliet at Teatro San Carlo: Prokofiev's Masterpiece Continues the Dance Season

The Dance Season continues with Romeo and Juliet, the masterpiece by Sergei Prokofiev with choreography by Kenneth MacMillan, restaged by Robert Tewsley. The Ballet of the Teatro San Carlo, directed by Clotilde Vayer, will be the protagonist for six performances from April 28 to May 5. Paul Connelly will be on the podium to direct the Orchestra of the Massimo napoletano. The production of the Birmingham Royal Ballet features sets and costumes by Paul Andrews, while John B Read signs the lighting. Renzo Musumeci Greco is the Master at Arms. On stage also the Ballet School of Teatro San Carlo, directed by Stéphane Fournial. The first performance, on April 28 at 17:00, will see Claudia d'Antonio and Danilo Notaro in the title roles, also protagonists in the performances of May 2 and May 3 (20:00). In the role of Juliet, Martina Affaticato alternates, on April 30 and May 4 (20:00), while for the last, on May 5 (17:00), Claudia d'Antonio returns. Alessandro Staiano (April 30 and May 4) and Stanislao Capissi (May 5) will alternate in the role of Romeo. Kenneth MacMillan, "The poet of human passions", realized in just five months his choreographic version of the Shakespearean subject for the Royal Ballet of London. The first performance, in 1965, starred Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, the couple who also took the choreography on tour: they danced it at the Teatro di San Carlo in October of the same year. The work, today a symbol of the repertoire as well as among the most known versions of Prokofiev's ballet, was an immediate critical success: "A gem for the repertoire [...], a milestone for MacMillan", the Observer wrote.