Is Romeo and Juliet a Russian ballet?

Romeo and Juliet (Russian: Ромео и Джульетта, translit. Romeo i Dzhulyetta) is a 1955 Soviet ballet film directed by Lev Arnshtam. The film was based on the 1940 production of Prokofiev’s ballet, choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky.

Who choreographed Romeo and Juliet?

Kenneth MacMillan
Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan)

Romeo and Juliet
Choreographer	Kenneth MacMillan
Music	Sergei Prokofiev
Premiere	1965 Royal Opera House, London
Original ballet company	The Royal Ballet

Who wrote the music for Romeo and Juliet?

Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRomeo and Juliet / Composer

What are the musicality of Romeo and Juliet?

3. Romeo and Juliet – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1880) Tchaikovsky was deeply inspired by Shakespeare and also wrote works based on ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Hamlet’. Although styled an ‘Overture-Fantasy’, the overall design is a symphonic poem.

What 1950’s musical is based on Romeo and Juliet?

Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story (1957) – Musical Robbins, Laurents and Bernstein had started working on a musical theatre version of Romeo and Juliet back in 1949, initially dubbed East Side Story and following a doomed love affair between a Jewish girl and Catholic boy.

What is the ballerina music called?

Ballet music was an accompaniment for the solo and ensemble dances. Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake was the first ballet score to be created by a symphonic composer. Following the initiative of Tchaikovsky, ballet composers were no longer writing simple, easily danceable pieces.

What instrumental pieces are used in the Romeo and Juliet?

Instrumentation. The overture is scored for an orchestra comprising piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in E), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, cymbals, bass drum + harp, violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.

What is the musicality of Romeo and Juliet?