Romeo and juliet russian op 64 is a ballet by sergei prokofiev based on william shakespeares play romeo and julietprokofiev reused music from the ballet in three suites for orchestra and a solo piano work. Romeo and juliet th 42 w 39 is an orchestral work composed by pyotr ilyich tchaikovskyit is styled an overture fantasy and is based on shakespeares play of the same namelike other composers such as berlioz and prokofiev tchaikovsky was deeply inspired by shakespeare and wrote works based on the tempest and hamlet as well unlike tchaikovskys other major compositions romeo and . Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for gounod three record edition of romeo and juliet at amazoncom read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Opus english title russian title key date forces genre published notes works with opus number op 1 piano sonata no1 no 1. Introduction chronology berlioz and wagner 1839 1843 liszt wagner and berlioz 1849 1855 the music of the future 1855 1858 the school of mayhem 1859 1868