Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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"Swan Lake" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a landmark 19th-century classical ballet, renowned for its romantic, tragic storyline and iconic score, and is one of the most frequently performed ballets worldwide.

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instanceOf ballet
classical ballet
adaptedAs animated features
films
television productions
basedOn German and Russian folk tales
catalogueNumber Op. 20
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
culturalStatus one of the most famous ballets in the classical repertoire
form full-length ballet
genre classical music
romantic ballet
hasAlternativeEnding happy ending (defeat of Rothbart)
tragic ending (death of Odette and Siegfried)
influence frequently performed by major ballet companies worldwide
standard of classical ballet repertoire
keyFeatures contrast between white swans and black swan
leitmotifs associated with characters
language none (wordless ballet score)
movement Romanticism
notableNumber Black Swan Pas de deux
Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre)
Swan Theme
White Swan Pas de deux
notableProduction 1895 Petipa–Ivanov production at Mariinsky Theatre
notableRecordingMedium orchestral concert suites extracted from the ballet
notableRevivalChoreographer Lev Ivanov
Marius Petipa
notableRevivalPremiereDate 1895-01-15
notableRevivalPremierePlace Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
linked to: Mariinsky Theatre
numberOfActs 4
orchestration full symphony orchestra
originalChoreographer Julius Reisinger
originalLibrettist Vasily Geltser
Vladimir Begichev
period late 19th century
premiereDate 1877-03-04
premierePlace Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
linked to: Bolshoi Theatre
principalCharacter Odette
Odile
Prince Siegfried
linked to: Siegfried

Rothbart
setting medieval Germany (traditional staging)
structure prologue and four acts (in some productions)
style Russian classical ballet tradition
theme betrayal
love
magic and enchantment
tragedy

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Mariinsky Theatre notableProduction Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Bolshoi Theatre notableWorkPerformed ballet "Swan Lake"
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Maria Tallchief notableWork Swan Lake
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky notableWork Swan Lake
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St. Petersburg Mariinsky style typicalRepertoire Swan Lake
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Imperial Russian Ballet premiered Swan Lake (1895 Petipa–Ivanov revival)
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Black Swan subject Swan Lake
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Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 notableCommentary Richard Wagner described it as the apotheosis of the dance
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Swan Theme workBasedOn Swan Lake Op. 20
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Rudolf Nureyev notablePerformance Swan Lake with Margot Fonteyn
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Dracula (1931 film) musicBy Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)
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