ROMEO & JULIET

“A lush performance that brings all you hope for.”

-The Boston Globe

An international team including The Royal Albert Hall and The Boston Symphony Orchestra have combined to launch a new standard adaptation of Prokofiev’s ballet wedded to the greatest love story ever told.

Six actors perform fully staged with exhilarating fight choreography, dancing and sumptuous period costumes.

“Barclay did fulfil his vision and goal, ‘making live music feel essential.’…Barclay’s direction was spot-on….the swordplay was surprisingly effective”

-The Berkshire Eagle

“Packed an emotional wallop…Given the BSO’s past successes with Concert Theatre Works, it already looked like a good match on paper, and proved even better in practice.”

-The Boston Globe

 
“It was a tour de force directed by Bill Barclay to bring new audiences to classical music….The small stage seemed like its own planet.”
-Letter to the editor, Berkshire Eagle

By Sergei Prokofiev

Written and Directed by
Bill Barclay

Full Orchestra
Costumes by Arthur Oliver
Fights by Robert Walsh
Choreography by Kristin Wold
Props & Scenic by Justin Seward

Six Actors

85 minutes

Commissioned by The Royal Albert Hall.
World Premiere Friday, July 11, 2025 at Tanglewood.

Andris Nelsons reunites with creator Bill Barclay 10 years after their hit production of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Symphony Hall in Boston.

Next performances: Hartford Symphony Orchestra, February 13-15, 2026

Read the Interview with Bill Barclay on the creation of this thrilling new adaptation.

Listen to the radio broadcast and interview with Bill Barclay with WCRB’s Brian McCreath.

Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Libretto by Sergei Radlov, Adrian Piotrovsky, Leonid Lavrovsky, and Sergei Prokofiev

Production photographs © Hilary & Gabriel Scott

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