Choreography: Ivan Cavallari
Music: Sergueï Prokofiev
Set and Costume Design: Ivan Cavallari
Lighting Design: Marc Parent
With Les Grands Ballets Orchestra conducted by Jean-Claude Picard
Running Time - 2 h 20 with intermission
Two young lovers, two rival families. In Verona, as the Montaigues and Capulets wage war against each other, Romeo and Juliet meet. As is born a dream that their love may overcome the hatred of the two clans, their ill-fated destiny looms on the horizon.
The tragedy of the lovers of Verona has endured through the centuries and comes back to the stage of Les Grands Ballets in a new version, signed by Ivan Cavallari. On the famous notes of Prokofiev, the purity of Romeo and Juliet’s love comes to life in a breathtaking show that will let the company’s 43 dancers shine.
*Some scenes may offend the sensibilities of a young audience.
Cast
Casting is subject to changes.
Ballet Masters: Marina Villanueva and Hervé Courtain
First Cast: March 23 , 24, 25 and 26 at 8 p.m.
Romeo Montague: Hamilton NIEH
Juliet Capulet: Kiara FELDER
Mercutio (Romeo's friend): Célestin BOUTIN
Benvolio (Romeo's cousin): André SANTOS
Tybalt (House of Capulet): Esnel RAMOS
Rosaline (House of Capulet): Myriam SIMON
Lady Montague: Rachele BURIASSI
Lord Montague: Roddy DOBLE
Lady Guelfi (Lord Montague's mistress): Maude SABOURIN
Pâris (son of Lady Guelfi and Juliet's fiancé): José LOSADA
Lord Capulet: Graeme FUHRMAN
Lady Capulet: Vanesa G.R. MONTOYA
Sabrina (Juliet's friend): Sahra MAIRA
Second Cast : March 26 and 27 at 2 p.m.
Romeo Montague : Enno KLEINEHANDING
Juliet Capulet : Emma GARAU CIMA
Mercutio (Romeo's friend) : Bernard DUBOIS II
Benvolio (Romeo's friend) : Angel VIZCAINO
Tybalt Capulet: Melih MERTEL
Rosaline Capulet: Anna ISHII
Lady Montague: Yui SUGAWARA
Lord Montague: Felixovich MORANTE
Lady Guelfi (Lord Montague mistress): Anya NESVITAYLO
Pâris (son of Lady Guelfi et Juliet's fiancé): José LOSADA
Lady Capulet: Tetyana MARTYANOVA
Lord Capulet : Étienne DELORME
Sabrina (Juliet's friend): Kiara FLAVIN
All performances
Friar Lawrence: James LYTTLE
Black horse : Quentin NABOR
White horses: Elias ROLDAN, Justin CÔTÉ, Arnaud MONGEON, Tao Stone LEDUC, Zao DINEL, Mathieu HERARD
The Ball scene:
Alexandra ECCLES, Kiara FLAVIN, Catherine TOUPIN, Éline MALÈGUE, Maude FLEURY, Carrigan MACDONALD, Rose TRAHAN, Tuesday RAIN,
Mikaela MILIC
Stephen SATTERFIELD, James LYTTLE, Stefano RUSSIELLO, Antoine BERTRAN, Théodore POUBEAU, Étienne DELORME, Giuseppe CANALE, Jean-Sébastien COUTURE
The people of Verona:
Angel VIZCAINO, Stephen SATTERFIELD, Quentin NABOR, Stefano RUSSIELLO, Étienne DELORME, Théodore POUBEAU, Giuseppe CANALE
Maude FLEURY, Kiara FLAVIN, Carrigan MACDONALD, Rose TRAHAN, Alexandra ECCLES, Catherine TOUPIN
Conductor: Jean-Claude Picard
Musician's Manager: Richard Capolla
News from the Romeo & Juliet Youth Project
We’re pleased to inform you that the Romeo & Juliet youth project, to which you contributed in 2021 and which had to be cancelled because of the pandemic, is finally going to be rolled out in the coming weeks!
Thanks to the support of numerous partners, and in collaboration with the Politique de l’enfant de la Ville de Montréal as part of its Diversity and Social Inclusion Fund, our program will offer dance and costume workshops in schools in March and April, as well as three educational matinées – on March 18, 19 and 25 – for 2,500 youngsters.
With Les Grands Ballets Orchestra
Our orchestra features 43 musicians and superior soloists, and has been playing a major role in the success of Les Grands Ballets for more than 30 years.
"Romeo and Juliet is a universal love story that has inspired many generations of artists from Dante to Shakespeare, who brought to this story a world wide popularity. I like to think that Romeo and Juliet shouldn’t be connected to a specific period as I believe love inhabits an ageless space."
Ivan Cavallari, Artistic Director
Artistic Director: Ivan Cavallari
Executive Director: Marc Lalonde
President Emeritus: Constance V. Pathy, C.M., C.Q., DMus.
Founder: Ludmilla Chiriaeff
Artistic Director Emeritus: Gradimir Pankov
Production Director: Stéphan Pépin
Technical Directors: Simon Beetschen
Technical and Production Coordinator: Gabrielle Lemoine-Brin
Stage Manager: Catherine Ledoux
Resident Lighting Designer: Marc Parent
Resident Sound Designer: Raymond Soly
Head Stage Carpenter: Kenneth Gregg
Head of Accessories: Pierre Berthiaume
Head Lighting Technician: Patrick Carrière
Assistant to Head Lighting Technician: Dominic Drouin
Head of Sound: Aidan MacCormack
Head of Video: Roberto D’Avanzo
Head of Costumes: Denise Morin
Head of wardrobe: Mélanie Ferrero
Assistant - Costumes and Set Design: Anne-Sophie Gaudet
Assistant-Head Wardrobe: Louisanne Lamarre
Wardrobe clerk: Christelle Deforceville
Buyer and Props creator: Julie Pelletier
Project manager-wardrobe: Marie-Hélène Gravel
Main Cutter: Caroline Boisvert
First-assistant-cutter: Keli Alexandre
Assistant-cutter: Michèle Gagné
Seamstresses: Eve Boisvert, Anabel Caron, Emilie Tremblay Lévesque, Cecilia Meza, Silvana Fernandez, Camélia St-Cyr Robitaille, Natalie Talbot, Francine Viens, Steve Fortin, Mireille Thibault, Catherine Brodeur, Isabelle St-Gelais, Michèle Gagné, Hélène Falardeau, Mireille C. Tremblay
Fabric dyer: Valérie Delacroix
Hat maker: Julie Tremblay
Props creator: Normand Blais
Atelier Julie Sauriol
Atelier Dominique Dubé
Grand Costumier
Technicians and dressers, IATSE Members, local 56 and 863
