Swan Lake, Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular ballets of all time.
The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from Russian and German folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.
The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger (Václav Reisinger). The ballet was premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet on 4 March 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Although it is presented in many different versions, most ballet companies base their stagings both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, first staged for the Imperial Ballet on 15 January 1895, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
For this revival, Tchaikovsky's score was revised by the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre's chief conductor and composer Riccardo Drigo.
PERFORMANCE
In this production of the best loved classical ballet 'Swan Lake' the naturally gifted Yulia Makhalina dances the challenging role of Odette/Odile while the part of Prince Siegfried is danced by Igor Zelensky.
This classic Kirov production includes the familiar happy ending in the final act where Siegfried fights and ultimately defeats the evil magician von Rothbart and at dawn is reunited with Odette.
00:00:00 | Act I, Scene 1 - A park near Prince Siegfried's castle
00:00:01 | Introduction: Moderato assai - Allegro non troppo - Tempo I
00:02:35 | 1. Scène: Allegro giusto
00:05:47 | 2. Waltz: Tempo di valse
00:11:37 | 3. Scène: Allegro moderato
00:15:23 | 4. Pas de trois
00:22:27 | 6. Pas d'action: Andantino quasi moderato - Allegro
00:24:00 | 8. Dance with Goblets: Tempo di polacca
00:27:14 | Act I, Scene 2 - Beside a lake
00:27:15 | 10. Scene: Moderato
00:29:51 | 11. Scene: Allegro moderato, Moderato, Allegro vivo
00:34:26 | 12. Scene: Allegro, Moderato assai quasi andante
00:38:22 | 13. Dances of the Swans
00:50:15 | IV. Dance of the Little Swans
00:58:06 |14. Scene: Moderato
00:59:54 | Act II - The ballroom in Siegfried's palace
00:59:55 | 15. Scene: March - Allegro giusto
01:02:39 | 16. Ballabile: Dance of the Corps de Ballet and the Dwarves: Moderato assai, Allegro vivo
01:04:14 | 17. Entrance of the Guests and Waltz: Allegro, Tempo di valse
01:08:22 | 18. Scene: Allegro, Allegro giusto
01:10:07 | 21. Spanish Dance: Allegro non troppo (Tempo di bolero)
01:12:05 | 22. Neapolitan Dance: Allegro moderato, Andantino quasi moderato, Presto
01:13:56 | 20. Hungarian Dance: Czardas – Moderato assai, Allegro moderato, Vivace
01:16:37 | 23. Mazurka: Tempo di mazurka
01:19:32 | 05. Grand Pas d'action (The Black Swan Pas de Deux)
01:30:47 | 24. Scene: Allegro, Tempo di valse, Allegro vivo
01:32:39 | Act III - Beside the lake
01:32:40 | 25. Entr'acte: Moderato
01:35:15 | Valse des Cygnes (a.k.a. Waltz for White and Black Swans, orch. by Drigo from Tchaikovsky's Op.72 for Piano -No.11 "Valse Bluette")
01:40:29 | 28. Scene: Allegro agitato, Molto meno mosso, Allegro vivace
01:43:57 | 29. Scene finale: Andante
01:45:04 | Scene Dansante (orch. by Drigo from Tchaikovsky's Op.72 for Piano -No.15 "Un poco di Chopin")
01:49:03 | 29. Scene finale: Allegro, Alla breve, Moderato e maestoso, Moderato
01:53:20 | Credits