Swan Lake

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Image courtesy of Gran Teatre de Liceu.

Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky's timeless ballet, tells a tale of love, deception, and triumph over evil. Odette, a swan under a sorcerer's spell, captures Prince Siegfried's heart.

The mesmerizing Gothic-romantic fantasy has enchanted audiences worldwide. No other ballet has gained as much popularity or compares to this one in terms of the number of stage adaptations and choreographic versions. First performed in 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, it is recognized not only for its extraordinary music but also for a plot with hints of deception, love and sacrifice in a surreal and magical setting with a tragic and emotionally-charged ending.

The perfidious Rothbart, a half-human, half-animal wizard, obsessed with Prince Siegfried, will use one of his beautiful enchanted swans as bait for the young man's doom. Love flowers between Siegfried and Odette, who, under the sorcerer's spell, are transformed into a swan. Yet even with the threat of imminent death, love will conquer evil. 

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