Amsterdam, Netherlands – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Tchaikovsky

PERFORMERS
Amy van der Weerden, actor
Jacob de Groot, actor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Alena Hron, conductor

PROGRAMME
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’

VENUE NOTE
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Sun 22 Mar, 2026
Starts 13:00 – ends ± 14:00
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
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Programme
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
fantasy overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Credits

Alena Hron
conductor

Amy van der Weerden
actor

Jacob de Groot
actor
The Concertgebouw Orchestra presents a fun new version of an age-old love story with a contemporary poetic text full of humour, music and of course… Real Love!
About this concert
A very long time ago…

A very, very long time ago…

(Or maybe even longer than a long time ago)…

There was a street in which two families lived… The two families had been quarrelling for such a long time… that no one could even remember any more what the quarrel was about…

This children’s concert introduces you to Romeo and Juliet, the most famous star-crossed lovers of all time. Shakespeare once wrote a play about them, a play which unfortunately does not end well. The composer Tchaikovsky read it and felt so sorry for Romeo and Juliet that he composed for them the most beautiful music he could imagine.

With Tchaikovsky’s music and two actors, the Concertgebouw Orchestra is telling its own version of this age-old story for a young audience. Romeo and Juliet even choose a new ending for themselves…

Conductor Alena Hron makes her first appearance with us.

Text Sanne Schuhmacher, stage direction Caecilia Thunnissen.