Serge Prokofiev (1890-1953)

Roméo et Juliette (1936)

symphonic suite n°2 based on the ballet

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1936
    • Duration: 32 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 64 ter

Premiere information

  • Date: 15 April 1937
    Location:

    URSS, Leningrad


    Performers:

    sous la direction de Serge Prokofiev.

Table of contents

  1. Montagues and Capulets (The Prince Gives His Order and Dance of the Knights)

  2. Juliet as a Young Girl

  3. Friar Laurence (Romeo at Friar Laurence’s)

  4. Dance (Dance of the Five Couples)

  5. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting

  6. Dance of the Girls with Lilies

  7. Romeo at Juliet’s Grave (Juliet’s Funeral)