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Swan Lake (Russian: Лебеди́ное о́зеро, romanized: Lebedínoje ózero, IPA: [lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə] listen ⓘ), 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 of all ballets. [1]
That history—plus the high drama, thrilling dancing, and gorgeous music in Helgi Tomasson’s 2009 production of Swan Lake—make it one of SF Ballet’s most popular productions. In Short? Tragic love; a Tchaikovsky score; and swans, swans, and more swans.
4 mar 2024 · Read our guide to Tchaikovsky’s romantic masterpiece ‘Swan Lake’ – one of the greatest and most popular classical ballets.
26 mar 2024 · How Swan Lake became a cultural phenomenon. Tchaikovsky’s celebrated ballet is an aesthetic movement in the West – but in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, it has become a potent symbol of political dissent.
Swan Lake was commissioned in 1875 by Vladimir Petrovich Begichev, the director of the Moscow Imperial Theatre for 800 rubles—about $24,000 in today’s money. A bargain for an orchestral score that in performance lasts nearly three hours and took Tchaikovsky, working at top speed, a year to complete.
Swan Lake (Лебединое озеро), Op. 20 (TH 12 ; ČW 12), was the first of Tchaikovsky's ballet scores, composed between August 1875 and April 1876, with additions and revisions in February and April 1877.
1 lis 2022 · Swan Lake has some of the most unique and iconic choreography in ballet history, and is known as one of the most demanding and iconic productions for a corps de ballet to dance. The choreography is technically challenging – the corps de ballet need to move in complete unison
