Carlos Acosta - Prokofiev Romeo And Juliet (Dvd)

Carlos Acosta and Tamara Rojo star as Shakespeare's "star-cross'd lovers" in the definitive Royal Ballet Productino from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, set to Prokofiev's passionately lyrical score. Kenneth MacMillan's spectacular and emotionally charged staging leads inexorably to a final scene of shattering intensity.

Music SERGEY PROKOFIEV

Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN

Juliet TAMARA ROJO
Romeo CARLOS ACOSTA
Mercutio JOSE MARTIN
Tybalt THIAGO SOARES
Nurse SANDRA CONLEY
Lord Capulet CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
Lady Capulet ELIZABETH MCGORIAN
Paris DAVID PICKERING
Benvolio YOHEI SASAKI
Artist of the Royal Ballet

ROYAL BALLET SINFONIA

Conductor BORIS GRUZIN

Staging MONICA MASON
Designs NICHOLS GEORGIADIS
Lighting design JOHN B. READ
Director for screen ROSS MACGIBBONA

A BBC production in association with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Film © BBC 2007