LAC

Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich

Choreographer: Maillot, Jean-Christophe

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Her Majesty The Night: Coppieters, Bernice

The Archangel of Darkness 1: Uriagereka, Asier

The Archangel of Darkness 2: Edeso, Asier

The Black Swan: Ball, April

The Five Candidates / The Conceited Woman: Webster, Simone

The Indifferent Pretender: Riou, Gaelle

The Insatiable Woman: Sabourin, Maude

The King: Prieto, Alvaro

The Libertine 1: Ballesteros, Anjara

The Libertine 2: Pantastico, Noelani

The Prince: Bourgond, Stephan

The Prince's Confidant: Verbruggen, Jeroen

The Queen: Koike, Mimoza

The White Swan: Behrend, Anja

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Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Slatkin, Leonard

Television Director: Caiozzi, Denis

Lighting Designer: Maillot, Jean-Christophe

Lighting Designer: Thery, Samuel

Set Designer: Pignon-Ernest, Ernest

Costumer Designer: Guillotel, Philippe

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Date of Production: 2013

Venue: Grimaldi Forum

Playing Time: 01:33:00

Catalogue Number: OA1148D

UPC: 809478011484

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Jean-Christophe Maillot revisits Swan Lake with writer Jean Rouaud (Winner of the 1990 Prix Goncourt)! Filmed in a studio at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum, this modern interpretation of the classic ballet sheds new light on the mythic tale of Siegfried and Odette. Conceived by the cutting edge visual artist Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Le Lac features costumes by Philippe Guillotel and Bertrand Maillot's musical adaptation of Tchaikovsky's original score performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin. An impressive production and winner of the 2013 Golden Prague prize for "Best Performing Arts Program"!

The young prince Siegfried is set to become king, and must choose his future wife at the celebration of his 21st birthday. Unhappy that he cannot marry for love, he visits the nearby forest, where he sees a group of swans pass by, and then he pauses at the sight of a woman dressed in white swan feathers. He learns that she is none other than the Princess Odette, who suffers under the curse of the sorcerer Rothbart: during the daytime, she is transformed into a white swan, and at night she returns to her natural form as a beautiful young woman. Unable to kill Rothbart and risk making the curse irreversible, the prince decides to marry Odette, with whom he has fallen madly in love, in order to break the spell. The next day at the birthday celebrations, after the prince has met the other princess candidates, Rothbart sends up his daughter Odile, magically transformed into Odette, but dressed in black. Tricked by the disguise, Siegfried declares his love to her. But at the moment the wedding is going to be celebrated, the real princess Odette appears; horrified, Siegfried runs toward the swan lake...

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