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Shakespeare 460: Romeo & Juliet

Name: Shakespeare 460: Romeo & Juliet
Start: 2024-08-03T20:30:00
Location: Brewery Garden, Český Krumlov

Prague Philharmonia

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The festival will close with the most famous playwright whose work has inspired composers for 460 years since his birth next year. To mark William Shakespeare’s anniversary, we will perform his most famous play Romeo and Juliet in four musical settings by composers from two centuries, accompanied by Les Ballets Bubeníček ensemble in a choreography by Jiří Bubeníček.

Program

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet – Overture – Fantasia

Sergey Prokofiev - Selection from the suites from ballet Romeo and Juliet

Charles Gounod - Overture to Romeo and Juliet

Vincenzo Bellini - Capulets and Montagues – Sinfonia

Participants

Tomáš Brauner

Conductor

Jiří Bubeníček

Choreographer

Prague Philharmonia

Producer