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A Right Royal Affair by Helen Juliet5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() The ensemble pieces show renewed vigour, with the town square brawls and sword fights particularly exciting, and the big ball at which Romeo and Juliet first meet suitably grand. Nicholas Georgiadis’s sumptuous designs, creating scenes often reminiscent of Renaissance paintings, appear to have been spruced up and look dazzlingly fresh. One such is newly minted principal Mayara Magri, having an absolute ball as one of the three harlots that ply their trade in the town square of Verona. With its eye-filling, rousing crowd scenes, Prokofiev’s transporting score and, of course, a passionate and ill-fated love story at its centre, it’s been a crowd magnet since its premiere in 1965.įor the opening of its first full season in almost two years, The Royal Ballet has thrown everything at this production, with a number of principal dancers taking on relatively modest roles. ![]() ![]() Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet is a fail-safe way to open a ballet season (it’s no coincidence that Birmingham Royal Ballet also chose this work to kick off its own 2021/22 season). Romeo and Juliet is in repertoire Tuesday 5 to Sunday 24 October and Monday 10 January to Friday 25 February 2022 ![]()
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