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Romeo and Juliet (Sylvestersson)
| Choreographer |
Sylvestersson, Elsa |
| Finnish premiere | 8.3.1979 |
| Place of Premiere | Finnish National Opera |
| Style | Classic Ballet |
| Scenography | Tove Ahlbäck |
| Costume designer | Tove Ahlbäck |
| Lighting Designer | Simo Järvinen |
| Performers of the premiere | Escal, Duke of Verona: Juha Vanhakartano; Count Paris, Julia's fiance: Jorma Koivumäki; Capulet: Uno Onkinen; Countess Capulet: Liisa Palin; Julia: Ulrika Hallberg; Julia's nurse: Saga Eriksson; Tybalt, Capulet's nephew: Aku Ahjolinna; Tybalt's friend: Tarja Ranta; Montaque: Turo Mustakallio; Romeo: Hannu-Pekka Holmström; Mercutio, Romeo's friend: Jarmo Rastas; Benvolio, Montaque's nephew: Martti Valtonen; Lorenzo, monk: Lauri Lehto; Samsone: Raimo Puurtinen; Gregorio: Rauno Marttinen; Pierre: Sakari Tiitinen; Abram: Ilkka Lampi; Abramio: Stanislav Miltenov; Balthasar: Kimmo Sandell; Maid: Merja Tuohimaa; Jesters: Jorma Elo, Karl Hedman, Mikko Nissinen, Juha Vanhakartano; Troubadours: Jorma Elo, Mikko Nissinen, Juha Vanhakartano; Julia's friends: Kirsi Aromaa, Corinna Dahlström, Maija Hänninen, Maria Kivilahti, Hilppa Kujala,Jutta Mustakallio |
| Music composed for the work | Sergei Prokofjev (Sergei Prokofiev) |
| Other Information | Libretto: Leonid Lavrovski and Sergei Prokofjev (Based on Shakespear's tragedy); assistants: Tuula Källström, Joan Blakeney, Konstantin Damianov; assistant on swordplay scene: Konstantin Damianov; conductor: Ari Angervo; make up: Liisa Vahevaara, Inkeri Terävä; repertory stage manager: Heikki Hannula |
| Companies |
Finnish National Ballet |
| Dancers |
Vanhakartano, Juha: Escal, Duke of Verona (1979) Koivumäki, Jorma: Count Paris, Julia's fiance (1979) Onkinen, Uno: Capulet (1979) Palin, Liisa: Countess Capulet (1979) Hallberg, Ulrika: Juliet (1979) Eriksson, Saga: Julia's nurse (1979) Ahjolinna, Aku: Capulet's nephew (1979) Ranta, Tarja: Tybalt's friend (1979) Mustakallio, Turo: Montaque (1979) Holmström, Hannu-Pekka: Romeo (1979) Rastas, Jarmo: Mercutio, Romeo's friend (1979) Valtonen, Martti: Benvolio, Montaque's nephew (1979) Lehto, Lauri: Lorenzo, monk (1979) |