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TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Swan Lake (Bolshoi Ballet, 2015)


Swan Lake, Op. 20
Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Ballet Company: Bolshoi Ballet
Choreographer: Grigorovich, Yuri

Odette: Zakharova, Svetlana
Odile: Zakharova, Svetlana
Prince Siegfried: Rodkin, Denis
The Evil Genius: Belyakov, Artemy
The Fool: Tsvirko, Igor
The Princess Mother: Barykina, Ekaterina
The Tutor: Loparevich, Alexei

Corps de Ballet: Bolshoi Ballet
Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Sorokin, Pavel
Television Director: Bataillon, Vincent
Lighting Designer: Sokolov, Mikhail
Set Designer: Virsaladze, Simon
Costumer Designer: Virsaladze, Simon

Date of Production: 25-01-2015
Venue: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Playing Time: 02:04:55
Catalogue Number: BAC119
UPC: 3760115301191

At the palace, the royal family and their guests are gathered for Prince Siegfried's birthday celebrations. In a majestic ceremony, Siegfried is made a knight; young girls try to attract his attention, as he must choose a wife during the ball. Overcome by the sudden awareness of his future responsibilities, he escapes into the night and meets a strange flock of swans by a magical lake. White swan by day, human by night, the beautiful Odette awaits an oath of true love to break the curse. The great legend of the enigmatic swan/woman is one of the most romantic classical ballets, appropriately set in the era of courtly romance and characterized by elegance, style and harmony.

With Tchaikovsky's famous, lyrical score, Swan Lake depicts the tragic love between Princess Odette and Prince Siegfried, and will no doubt be performed to perfection by the unparalleled virtuosity of Russia's great Bolshoi Ballet. This universal and enchanting masterpiece of love, deception and drama is a must.

With wonderful ballerina Svetlana Zakharova, one of the most beautiful Odette/Odile of the time, Denis Rodkin, Artemy Belyakov and Bolshoi Ballet.

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