World premiere: 11 January 1940, Kirov Theatre, Leningrad, USSR
Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich
Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets. Music from the ballet was extracted by Prokofiev as three suites for orchestra and as a piano work.