Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare

Stefan Asbury, conductor with Virginia Symphony

• A conversation witih Mark Morris and musicologist Simon Morrison will be followed by a book signing at Barnes & Noble, Westlake Center (1PM, Friday) Free
• Pre-concert discussion with Mark Morris and Simon Morrison on music prior to curtain opening night (7PM, Friday) Free for ticketholders

Love lives again this Spring as Prokofiev's original score, along with collaborator Sergey Radlov's original scenario, return on the Mark Morris Dance Group at the 2009 Virginia Arts Festival.

Official Website: www.LoveLives.net
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The tour continues at the Rose Theater in NYC through May 17.

Sergey Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare, Op.64 (1935), restored by Simon Morrison, is performed with exclusive permission of the Prokofiev Estate and G. Schirmer Inc., the bearers of the rights to the music. Source materials used in this production are provided by the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art.

A Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College/Mark Morris Dance Group production in association with Virginal Arts Festival; barbicanbite08, London; Cal Performances, Berkeley; Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Millennium Park, Chicago; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.