![]() In the foyer, I beheld the dazzling, starburst chandeliers suspended four stories high and illuminating the white cantilevered staircase. After all, it is one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays the choreography is by the renowned Sir Kenneth MacMillan, and the music by Sergei Prokofiev, who charmed me during my childhood with Peter and the Wolf and whose piquant dissonances juxtaposed with hummable melodies I always find fascinating.Īs I approached the Metropolitan Opera House, I gazed in awe at its soaring arches framed by the vibrant murals (“The Joy of Music” and “The Sources of Music”) by painter Marc Chagall. A young woman in a mini dress and sneakers could be heard saying she couldn’t “wait to see Romeo and Juliet.” Monday night, New Yorkers from 19 to 90 climbed the Lincoln Center stairs, moving past the rushing waters of the Plaza fountain. Hee Seo and Daniel Camargo in Romeo and Juliet.
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