Romeo and Juliet Blu-ray (The Royal Ballet) 2012Given its premiere by The Royal Ballet in 1965 with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing the title roles, Kenneth MacMillan's first full evening ballet has become a signature work for the Company. From the outset, the production teems with life and colour as the townspeople, market traders and servants of the rival Montagues and Capulets go about their daily business in vibrant crowd scenes. But Romeo and Juliet take centre stage for those great

Sugar Plum Fairy: Miyako Yoshida

Director: Damiano Michieletto

Choreography: Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa

The Independent described conductor Robin Ticciati as ‘inspired’ in his rendition of this exquisite score and also praised the ‘heartrendering tenor’ of Pavol Breslik as Lensky

conducts Verdi’s dramatic early score

Tchaikovsky pas de deux

"[Jaho] is heartbreaking and possesses a delicious luminosity of tone

Chroma: Tamara Rojo

Beatriz Stix-Brunell

Music: Joby Talbot

Matthew Golding

Based on Gogol’s comic story about the Devil’s antics on Christmas Eve