Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)
Call number
*MGZIDF 8862
Note
Recorded at the gala performance celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, on January 23, 1976. Produced by USSR State Committee & Television & Radio in association with Teleglob Ag and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Program arranged by Lothar Bock. Director: John Vernon. American version produced by Alvin Cooperman. Host: Mary Tyler Moore.
Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky. Music: Sergei Prokofiev. Design: Peter Williams.
Performed by the Bolshoi Ballet: Natalia Bessmertnova (Juliet), Mikhail Lavrovsky (Romeo), Yuri Papko (Mercutio), Vladimir Levashov (Tybalt), and others. Conductor: Algi Shuraitis.
1 (approx. 43 min.): Act I. 2 (approx. 32 min.): Act II. 3 (approx. 45 min.): Prerecorded interview with Galina Ulanova by Mary Tyler Moore. Act III. This recording includes several advertisements. For a commercially distributed version of this recording, without advertisements, Moore's commentaries, or Ulanova interview, see: *MGZIB 3-402.
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