Romeo and Juliet - Maximova, Vasiliev (Bolshoi 1974) (DVD)

Ekaterina Maximova is one of the few ballerinas, who, in their artistic maturity, can capture the ebullience of a thirteen-year-old. Her Juliet is an astonishing accomplishment, magnificently danced and emotionally heartrending. Her Romeo is the superb Vladimir Vasiliev, one of the greatest male dancers produced by Russia, who looks the part and acts and dances it to perfection. The other soloists and the Bolshoi corps de ballet make this a performance to treasure.
Color, 152 minutes, 4:3, All regions

ROMEO AND JULIET
Ballet in Three Acts
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Libretto by Leonid Lavrovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, after William Shakespeare
Choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky
Production Design by Petr Viliams

Cast
Juliet: Ekaterina Maximova
Romeo: Vladimir Vasiliev
Mercutio: Jyry Panko
Tybalt: Vladimir Levashov
Paris: Vladimir Romanenko
Benvolio: Isandr Khmelnitsky
Father Capulet: Dmitry Begak
Mother Capulet: Alla Boguslavskaya
Montague: Ivan Smoltsov
Nurse: Svetlana Zahvatoshina
Lorenzo: Valery Zholtikov
Duke: Jury Medvedev
Juliet’s Friend: Tatiana Golikova
Troubadour: Valery Lagunov
Jester: Vladimir Koshelev
& Members of the Bolshoi Ballet

Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
Algis Zhuraitis, conductor

The Bolshoi Ballet Production
Taped live in The Bolshoi Theatre, 1974