Where was Sergey Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet first performed as a complete ballet?

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Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side. — Sergey Prokofiev Sergey Prokofiev.

Sergey Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet was first performed as a complete ballet in 1938 in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now located in the Czech Republic).1

Although the Russian composer intended for the work to be produced in the Soviet Union, the ballet faced significant challenges, including rejections from the Mariinsky Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet. Consequently, the work did not receive its Soviet premiere until 1940.1