«What’s in a name?»
A boundless well of inspiration for artists and composers, if you consider Romeo and Juliet! On the eve of WWII, the intertwined names of history’s most famous star-crossed lovers prompted Sergei Prokofiev to write music for a ballet, which he later arranged into a series of virtuosic orchestral works. The Russian composer was not the only one to find inspiration in literature, as French impressionist Claude Debussy wrote his dreamy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune based on a lyrical poem by Stéphane Mallarmé.
