Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – London Festival Ballet, DRSO, Bond

About this event

Swan Lake is a bittersweet tale recounting the love of Prince Siegfried for Odette, who, as the result of the evil sorcery of the magician von Rothbart, is transformed into a swan by day, though she is allowed to return to her human form by night. Only absolute fidelity in love can destroy the spell. Von Rothbart is determined that Siegfried will break his oath to Odette by falling in love with the seductive Odile, von Rothbart’s own daughter. Natalia Makarova’s innovative interpretation presents the piece as a tale of ideal and eternal love, paring it down to Siegfried’s love for Odette, hers for him, her ultimate forgiveness of his betrayal and her self-sacrifice in dying with him to break an evil spell. It is lean and fast-paced. The settings, by Günther Schneider-Siemssen, employ back projections instead of scenery for changes of locale and mood. These lend themselves ideally to creating an atmosphere of magic and mystery.

Programme

1. Concert – approx. 87 minutes

Repertoire

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Lebedinoe ozero (Swan Lake) op. 20 TH 12

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