Newark, NJ USA – New Jersey Symphony – Romeo and Juliet

PERFORMERS
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
New Jersey Symphony
Xian Zhang, conductor

PROGRAMME
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet

VENUE NOTE:
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky gives you all the passion and drama of Shakespeare’s two young lovers, as the New Jersey Symphony becomes a storyteller in real time.

Sergei Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Considered too difficult, even undanceable at its unveiling, Prokofiev’s ballet with scene after scene of strikingly original music soon became the treasure of every ballet house the world over.