At the end of his first season as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1963, Erich Leinsdorf observed the 10th anniversary of the death of Sergei Prokofiev by making him the focus of the ...

This recording of selections from the two Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet orchestral suites, drawn from concerts given in Chicago last year, reveals Muti in full command of the Prokofiev idiom and of the ...

In a stunning Los Angeles debut, choreographer Benjamin Millepied offers an innovative and contemporary vision of Prokofiev’s masterpiece Romeo & Juliet. Navigating between film, dance and theater, ...

Unlike Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet was never considered viable outside the theatre (other than in concert suites) until Gergiev started programming it as a full-evening ...

NEW YORK — In 1935, Sergei Prokofiev made a devil’s bargain: He moved to the Soviet Union, chasing a lucrative offer to write any opera or ballet he wanted and an opportunity to take command of the ...

If all you want is the stirring theme tune to The Apprentice, you would be better off with the second Romeo and Juliet suite, but if you are interested in exploring further, the complete ballet is a ...

When Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “Firebird” premiered in 1910, it immediately “took Paris by storm.” “It was a huge success,” explains Andrew Crust, music director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.

3 ICYMI: Watch the Next On Stage: Season 6 Premiere The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and L.A. Dance Project (LAPD) will present the Los Angeles premiere of LAPD’s Romeo & Juliet ...

London Symphony Orchestra/Valery Gergiev LSO Live LSO 0682 (2 CDs) Politics got in the way of Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, with the premiere being finally given in Brno in 1938 rather than at ...