Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake (1877)

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