MUTE
SHAKESPEARE

The: use of Shakespeare by
composers of music through his-
tory is a tribute to the emotional
range of The Bard’s work, even in
isolation from his mastery of the
language. Romeo and Juliet has
been the play most frequently set
upon by composers both promi-
nent and obscure, with Tchai-
kovksy’s setting the best known
and Prokofiev's a close second.

Serge Prokofiev was one of
numerous Russian composers of
the carly 20th century who spent
their younger years in Paris, at
that time the centre of ali that
was innovative and eccentric in
serious music. Romeo and Juliet
was his first prominent composi-
tion after his permanent return to
Russia in the mid-1930’s, and
critics say it was one of the last
that displayed the genius and
originality that characterized his
earlier works. The oppressive

political atmosphere in the post-
revolution Soviet society all but
extinguished Prokofiev's creativ-
ity, but Romeo and Juliet is one
of his most enduring and best-
loved compositions.

The Eugene Ballet of Eugene,
Oregon, brings their production of
the ballet to the R.E.M. Lee The-
atre March 5. The choreography
is by resident choreographer Toni
Pimble, and since the ballet calls
for a number of sword fights sec-
tions of it were done under the
direction of a fight-master, the
award-winning Christopher Villa.
The company describes its inter-
pretation of the ballet as romantic
and swashbuckling. The company
will be led by Scott Adams and
Yen-Li Chen in the roles of the
star-crossed lovers.

The Eugene Ballet was
founded in 1977. They give over
100 performances per year.

The ‘Terrace performance
begins at 8 p.m, Tickets are avail-
able at Erwin’s Jewellers.

— Michael Kelly

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Terrace Review — February 28, 1992