Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)

Television production recorded at Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy of William Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Romeo and Juliet”, featuring principal ballet dancers Rudolf Nureyev (Romeo), Carla Fracci (Juliet) and Margot Fonteyn (Lady Capulet). Directed by Nureyev with the cast from his La Scala, Milan production, the Corps de Ballet of Teatro Alla Scala, director Giuseppe Carbone, with music by Prokofiev played by the La Scala Orchestra conducted by Michel Sasson.

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Credits

director

Rudolf Nureyev

producer

Patricia Foy

production company

ITC-RAI Teatro Alla Scala

Duration

02:08:00:00

Production places

Italy

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

319394

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Adaptations → Television adaptations

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television adaptations

Literature → Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Film and video adaptations

Music & Performing Arts → Ballet

Music & Performing Arts → Ballets - Film and video adaptations

Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts

Performance

Performance → Ballet - Performance

Television

Television → Television programs

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Italy, 1982

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