TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Swan Lake [Ballet] (National Opera of Ukraine Ballet, 2019)
Swan Lake, Op. 20
Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Ballet Company: National Opera of Ukraine Ballet Company
Choreographer: Kovtun, Valery
Little Swan: Chorna, Inna
Little Swan: Chupina, Katerina
Little Swan: Didenko, Katerina
Little Swan: Goguidze, Elisaveta
Odette / Odile: Matsak, Natalia
Pas de trois: Muromtseva, Ganna
Pas de trois: Skripchenko, Olga
Pas de trois: Skulkin, Oleksandre
Prince Siegfried: Nedak, Denys
Rothbart: Tkachuk, Yaroslav
The Brides and Big Swans: Alyanakh, Margarita
The Brides and Big Swans: Borisova, Irina
The Brides and Big Swans: Muromtseva, Ganna
The Brides and Big Swans: Onipko, Svetlana
The Knight: Ivashchenko, Vladislav
The Queen: Melnik, Ludmila
The Tutor: Litvinenko, Sergey
Venetian Dance: Skulkin, Oleksandre
Orchestra: National Opera of Ukraine Orchestra
Conductor: Dyadura, Mykola
Television Director: Normand, Bertrand
Set Designer: Levytska, Mariia
Costumer Designer: Levytska, Mariia
Date of Production: 05-2019
Venue: National Opera of Ukraine, Kiev
Playing Time: 02:08:34
Catalogue Number: BAC174
UPC: 3760115301740
The impossible love between a human prince and a swan princess, tragic fates, the constant opposition between imagination and reality: these are the core elements of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Profoundly classical, Valery Kovtun's version for the Ballet of the National Opera of Ukraine is an homage to Tchaikovsky's talent, but also to Marius Petipa's timeless heritage. As in the original libretto, this Swan Lake ends with the two main character's death, drowned into the lake's tears. But evil is overpowered by love, and in the final apotheosis, Odette and Siegfried are forever united in a world of perfect harmony.
A first class company, the Ballet Company of the National Opera of Ukraine has toured all around the world : from the United States to Europe and Asia. Thanks to its rich classical heritage, the Company has managed to win the hearts of its audience thanks to its amazing technique and artistic maestria, and as in every good dance company, the whole is equal to the sum of its parts. The Company has also, over the years, establised itself as a unique talent pool, that has nurtured first class dancers such as Iana Salenko (Staatsballet Berlin), Alina Cojocaru (Royal Ballet), Maxim Beloserkovsky and Irina Dvorovenko (American Ballet Theater); and the young gifted dancers that make the Ballet's reputation ensure the preservation of the classical heritage of this historical and world-renowned company.
