In one musical adaptation of this work, one of the title characters sings the soprano waltz song "Ah!
In one musical adaptation of this work, one of the title characters sings the soprano waltz song "Ah! Je veux vivre!" or "I want to live." Scenes from a ballet based on this work, including "The Street Awakens" and a minuet depicting the "Arrival of the Guests," were excerpted into three orchestral suites. Vladimir Stasov remarked "There were five of you; now there are six!" upon hearing the strings play the D-flat (*) "love theme" of a symphonic poem based on this work. A ballet by Sergei Prokofiev and an opera by Charles Gounod were based on this work, the source of a Pyotr Tchaikovsky "fantasy-overture" that contains "kissing music" based on this work's balcony scene. For 10 points, name this Shakespearean tragedy that inspired Vincenzo Bellini's opera The Capulets and the Montagues.
In one musical adaptation of this work, one of the title characters sings the soprano waltz song "Ah!
Romeo and Juliet