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Re: Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet
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Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:09:00 -0400
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Karl Miller wrote:

>A favorite work of mine...at one time I think I had every complete
>recording of it.

Prokofiev's ballet setting of *Romeo and Juliet* and Verdi's operatic
setting of *Ot(h)ello* are the only instances I can think of where the
new setting lives up artistically to the grand work on which it's based.

Walter Meyer

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