Boston University professor and music historian Jeremy Yudkin previews a special semi-staged performance of Prokofiev’s ...

The music was by Prokofiev, the words by Shakespeare, and both score and text are among the most beloved works by their respective creators: “Romeo and Juliet. ...

Prokofiev's passionate ballet score to Romeo and Juliet combines the lightness of the love story and the tender emotions with music of real violence — which is, after all, a lot of what ...

Rasta Thomas's Romeo and Juliet brings Shakespeare up to date with pop songs, street dance and even a camp, comedic Mercutio. The show is a lot of fun, but its eclectic mix of styles often feel at ...

Sergei Prokofiev was born in Sontzovka, in the Ukraine, on April 23, 1891, and died in Moscow on March 5, 1953. He composed the ballet“Romeo and Juliet” in 1935 and ...

The star of this Mariinsky Ballet DVD/Blu-ray two-disc set is one of the great ballerinas of our time, Diana Vishneva, and she’s the reason to buy it. Her Juliet is giddy, buoyant, luxuriant ...

The Tortured History Behind Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ NEW YORK — In 1935, Sergei Prokofiev made a devil’s bargain: He moved to the Soviet Union, chasing a lucrative offer to write ...

Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' Valery Gergiev is the world's hottest guest conductor at the moment. This hour he leads the Radio France Philharmonic in concert. But before we get to that, we get a ...

But the celebrated legacy of “Romeo and Juliet” belies its tortured history: It left Prokofiev broken and emerged from a period that left many of his colleagues dead.