Romeo And Juliet
Choreographer Andrea Schermoly on creating the RNZB's new-look Romeo and Juliet
This week it's curtains up for the Royal New Zealand Ballet's latest production of Romeo and Juliet. The epic tale of star-crossed lovers has been brought to life for the company by choreographer… Audio
NZSO: Passione
A soul-stirring and passionate programme showcasing musical portraits of some of literature’s most famous characters - Romeo and Juliet and the notorious seducer Don Juan. In between, NZ violinist… Audio
PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, selections
Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Judd.
Recorded 13 May 2022, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert Audio
Composition in Context - Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet
Pianist Rachel Church joins us once again with some classical music in contect - tonight we're listening to Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. Audio
Gin Wigmore - bringing Romeo & Juliet to the stage
In 1996 Australian filmmaker Baz Lurmann made a big splash by putting Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet on the big-screen in a contemporary setting. Helping to colour the movie's moods and reflect the… Audio
Real life partners sing Romeo and Juliet
Real life partners and award winning opera singers Madison Nonoa and Filipe Manu are taking to the stage to play star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, before they leave New Zealand for London… Audio
Just like Romeo and Juliet
This is a saucier production of Romeo and Juliet than most – one moment inspired a wolfwhistle from the audience, and it’s worth counting how many times they kiss...
RNZBC's Romeo and Juliet
There's a reason Romeo and Juliet is one of the ultimate love stories - the young star-crossed lovers' story is the stuff of stage, screen, music and of course literature. The Royal New Zealand Ballet… Audio
“Nureyev was an animal on stage”
Frederic Jahn danced with Rudolf Nureyev in his ground breaking production of Romeo and Juliet. The boy from Dunedin has had a career working with ballet royalty and brings that experience to the… Audio
The Royal New Zealand Ballets' Hamish McKeich
Conductor Hamish McKeich, he'll be talking about an upcoming show, you might know it - Romeo and Juliet. Audio
Extra shows added to Pop-up Globe season
Since opening in February, over 80,000 tickets have been sold at the Pop-up Globe theatre in Auckland. That number is set to rise as two additional weeks of Shakespeare will take the season through…
Shakespeare at Auckland's Pop-up Globe
Pop-up Globe is the world's first full-scale working replica of the second Globe theatre, and eight of Shakespeare's works will be performed in Auckland before it heads to another part of the world.
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Tearepa Kahi - Romeo raua ko Hurieta
Actor, and director of Mt Zion Tearepa Kahi, is about to stage William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in te reo, to mark Matariki. He joins Wallace to talk about the challenges of translating the… Audio
