Relive the timeless tale of star-crossed lovers through Prokofiev’s masterful music for the ballet “Romeo and Juliet.” Here actors and dancers reinstate Prokofiev’s original happy ending which was banned by Joseph Stalin in favor of Shakespeare’s tragic finale.
The Thursday-Saturday concerts also include the principal violinists of Pacific Symphony igniting Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins and Principal Cellist Timothy Landauer breathing passion into Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations.
| Hal & Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation Classical Series
Romeo & Juliet Thu-Sat, April 16-18 at 8 p.m. Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Carl St.Clair, conductor
VIVALDI: Concerto for Four Violins TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme PROKOFIEV: “Romeo and Juliet” Concert sponsors (4/18): Symphony 100 Prefer a matinee? Try Romeo & Juliet: Happy Endings |
How Should the Story End?
Join us for a discussion: “Romeo and Juliet: How Should the Story End?,” 1–2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 19 in the Judy Morr Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, featuring Joseph Horowitz and UC Irvine Professor Julia Lupton, as well as the two actors. Using film clips, they explore the different ways in which the lovers’ tale has been told, with special attention given to Prokofiev’s translation of an Elizabethan tragedy into a Soviet ballet.
Please RVSP to: skey@pacificsymphony.org.
