SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

This year the festival presents operas, ballets, a ballet biography and choral works

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

 

Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

(130 min; 1966; dvd)

The Royal Ballet with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn

Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Conductor: John Lanchbery

 

This historical production stars Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev as the quintessential stage lovers. It captures the greatest dance partnership of our century at the peak of their careers