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Stuttgart Ballet

(Encyclopedia) Stuttgart Ballet, the first major German ballet company. The company, housed in the Württemberg Staatstheater, rose rapidly to fame in the 1960s under the direction of John Cranko (…

Evans, Maurice

(Encyclopedia) Evans, Maurice, 1901–89, Welsh-American actor. Evans came into prominence in 1928 and in 1934 was a leading man with the Old Vic. He first appeared on Broadway in 1936 in Romeo and…

Bandello, Matteo

(Encyclopedia) Bandello, MatteoBandello, Matteomät–tĕˈō bändĕlˈlō [key], 1485–1561, Italian storywriter, a Dominican priest. He is famous for his novellas, short tales in imitation of Boccaccio, that…

Ulanova, Galina

(Encyclopedia) Ulanova, GalinaUlanova, Galinagälyēˈnə &oomacr;läˈnōvə [key], 1910–98, Russian ballerina, b. St. Petersburg. Ulanova made her debut at the Kirov Ballet (1928), where she danced…

Diamond, David

(Encyclopedia) Diamond, David, 1915–2005, American composer, b. Rochester, N.Y. Diamond was trained at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School; he also studied with Roger Sessions in…

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

ContentsDramatis PersonaeAct IPrologueScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VAct IIPrologueScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VScene VIAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VAct IVScene…

Brewer's: Romeo and Juliet

(Shakespeare). The story is taken from a poetical version by Arthur Brooke of Boisteau's novel, called Rhomeo and Julietta. Boisteau borrowed the main incidents from a story by Luigi da…

Gounod, Charles François

(Encyclopedia) Gounod, Charles FrançoisGounod, Charles Françoisshärl fräNswäˈ g&oomacr;nōˈ [key], 1818–93, French composer, studied at the Paris Conservatory and received the Grand Prix de Rome…

Keller, Gottfried

(Encyclopedia) Keller, GottfriedKeller, Gottfriedgôtˈfrēt [key], 1819–90, Swiss novelist, poet, and short-story writer. His vital, realistic, and purposeful fiction gives him a high place among 19th-…

Lifar, Serge

(Encyclopedia) Lifar, SergeLifar, Sergesĕrˈgā lēˈfär [key], 1905–86, Russian dancer, choreographer, director, teacher, and dance historian, b. Kiev. Lifar studied briefly with Bronislava Nijinska,…