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The Petersburg Concert and the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergey Stadler prepared a series of Shakespeare in Music concerts. Three luxury programs will be presented on the stage of the State Academic Capella of St. Petersburg during 2019.

The genius of Shakespeare for four centuries does not leave indifferent composers around the world. Great poetry has become an inspiration for creating great music. Sergei Stadler chose for the new cycle the three most popular plays by Bard - Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet.

March 24, 2019 Romeo and Juliet

"Romeo and Juliet" is perhaps the most famous love story, which became thanks to Shakespeare an eternal story. From the variety of music created on this play, Sergey Stadler chose the most famous and beloved pieces by the public.

Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet is recognized today by several measures, and one can only wonder how hard this music found its way to the stage. However, time put everything in its place, and the performance, first rejected by ballet dancers as completely unthinkable for the theater, took its rightful place in the fund of golden musical scores of world classics.

Shakespeare’s tragedy was one of the favorite works of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Fantasy overture written on the plot of Romeo and Juliet, unlike many other works, which at first seemed successful to the composer but later brought disappointment, remained his favorite.

In 2019, marks 180 years since the premiere of Berlioz’s symphony "Romeo and Julia." The hall of the Paris Conservatory was crowded, even members of the royal family were present. “It was the biggest success I have ever had,” the composer recalled of the first concert, and wrote of the second as follows: “They crushed me with screams, tears, applause, everything.”

Of the 14 (!) Operas written on the plot of Shakespeare’s tragedy, the work of Gounod has the happiest stage fate. One of the composer’s best operas, Romeo and Juliet, has become one of the most successful incarnations of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Concert Program:

S. Prokofiev. Fragments of the ballet "Romeo and Juliet"
P. Tchaikovsky. Overture-fantasy "Romeo and Juliet"
G. Berlioz. Fragments of the symphony “Romeo and Julia”
G. Berlioz. Fragments of the dramatic symphony "Romeo and Julia"
Romeo One (Part II)
Celebration (II part)
The scene of love (III part)
Queen Mab (IV part)