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Alina Cojocaru and Steven McRae
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Romeo og Julie (Romeo and Juliet) (1955)

Ballet in three acts, ten scenes, and epilogue after William Shakespeare


Abbreviations:
M Music by
S Scenery by
C Costumes by
D Danced by
FP First performance
NP New production
R Reproduced by
ST Staging (indicates that the ballet was produced in substantially its original form)



Production by Frederick Ashton
M Serge Prokofiev (ballet, opus 64)
SC Peter Rice

D Romeo: Henning Kronstam; Juliet: Mona Vangsaae; Mercutio: Frank Schaufuss; Tybalt: Niels Bjørn Larsen; Benvolio: Flemming Flindt; Paris: Kjeld Noack; Nurse: Britta Cornelius-Knudsen; Peter, a page: Jørn Madsen; Brother Lorenzo: Jan Holm; Lady Capulet: Lillian Jensen; Lord Capulet: Svend Erik Jensen; The Duke of Verona: Poul Vessel; Rosaline: Kirsten Ralov; Friends of Juliet: Aase Bonde, Ruth Andersen, Ellin Bauer, Elisabeth Enevoldsen, Mette Mollerup, Kirsten Simone; Troubadours: Anker Ørskov, Verner Andersen, Tage Wendt; Servants, Guests at the Ball, Citizens: corps de ballet
FP Royal Danish Ballet, Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, 19 May 1955

ST London Festival Ballet; Balcony scene only; R Niels Bjørn Larsen and Frederick Ashton
D Romeo: Peter Schaufuss; Juliet: Gaye Fulton
FP Coliseum, London, 9 April 1973

ST Royal Danish Ballet; balcony scene only; R Henning Kronstam
D Romeo: Arne Villumsen; Juliet: Lis Jeppesen
FP Metropolitan Opera House (gala performance), New York NY, 13 May 1984

NP London Festival Ballet; R Niels Bjørn Larsen and Frederick Ashton; SC Peter Rice (new, further revised 1989)
D Romeo: Peter Schaufuss; Juliet: Katherine Healy; Mercutio: Raffaele Paganini; Tybalt: Nicholas Johnson; Benvolio: Matz Skoog; Paris: Patrick Armand; Lady Capulet: Kirsten Ralov; Lord Capulet: Niels Bjørn Larsen; Juliet's Nurse: Freya Dominic; Peter, a page: Matthew Hart; Prince of Verona: Frank Schaufuss; Livia, lover of Mercutio (formerly Rosaline): Janette Mulligan; Mandolin Dance: Craig Randolph, Matz Skoog, Darryl Norton
FP Coliseum, London, 23 July 1985

NP Danish Royal Ballet; R Peter Schaufuss and Marilyn Vella-Gatt; SC Peter Rice
D Romeo: Johan Kobborg; Juliet: Michelle Larsen; Mercutio: Thomas Lund; Tybalt: Vladimir Damianov; Paris: Mads Blangstrup; Lady Capulet: Kirsten Simone; Lord Capulet: Tommy Frishoi; Juliet's Nurse: Jette Buchwald; Peter: Ulrik Birkkjaer; Prince of Verona: Lars Damsgaard; Livia: Rose Gad; Friar Lawrence: Jan Holme; Mandolin Dance: Thomas Flindt Jeppesen, Fernando Mora, Martin Vedel
FP Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, 16 March 1996