The Royal Ballet: ‘Romeo & Juliet’

Choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan and first performed in 1966, The Royal Ballet’s much-loved ‘Romeo & Juliet’ returns to the Royal Opera House this March. Prokofiev’s music is familiarly stirring, the costumes are rich in earthy tones and there’s all sorts of swaggering and swashbuckling from the rival families, but it’s the intimate drama between the central couple that makes this show soar, or not. Leads pairings for this run include Fumi Kaneko and Vadim Muntagirov, Marianela Nuñez and William Bracewell, and Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales, alongside other ROH principals.