Description
Tchaikovsky : Swan Lake
At the palace, the royal family and their guests are gathered for Prince Siegfried’s birthday celebrations. In a majestic ceremony, Siegfried is made a knight; young girls try to attract his attention, as he must choose a wife during the ball. Overcome by the sudden awareness of his future responsibilities, he escapes into the night and meets a strange flock of swans by a magical lake.
White swan by day, human by night, the beautiful Odette awaits an oath of true love to break the curse. The great legend of the enigmatic swan/woman is one of the most romantic classical ballets, appropriately set in the era of courtly romance and characterised by elegance, style and harmony.
With Tchaikovsky’s famous lyrical score, Swan Lake depicts the tragic love between Princess Odette and Prince Siegfried, and will no doubt be performed to perfection by the unparalleled virtuosity of Russia’s great Bolshoi Ballet. This universal and enchanting masterpiece of love, deception and drama is a must.
With wonderful ballerina Svetlana Zakharova, one of the most beautiful Odette / Odile of the time, Denis Rodkin, Artemy Belyakov and Bolshoi Ballet.
Tchaikovsky : Swan Lake [DVD & Blu-ray]
Ballet in two acts
Music : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Libretto : Yuri Grigorovich
After the scenario by Vladimir Begishev & Vasily Geltser
Odette / Odile Svetlana Zakharova
Prince Siegfried Denis Rodkin
The Evil Genius Artemy Belyakov
The Princess Mother Yekaterina Barykina
The Tutor Alexei Loparevich
The Fool Igor Tsvirko
Corps de ballet of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Choreography : Yuri Grigorovich
With scenes choreographed by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky
Sets & costumes : Simon Virsaladze
Lighting design : Mikhail Sokolov
Orchestra of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Conductor : Pavel Sorokin
HD recording : Bolshoi Theatre | 01/2015
TV direction : Vincent Bataillon
Release date : 30 October 2015
Distribution : Naxos Distribution
1 DVD
Reference : BAC119
Barcode : 3760115301191
Running time : 125 min.
Libretto : FR / ENG / GER
Image : Color, 16/9, NTSC
Sound : PCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Region code : 0
1 BLU-RAY
Reference : BAC419
Barcode : 3760115304192
Running time : 125 min.
Libretto : FR / ENG / GER
Image : Color, 16/9, Full HD
Sound : PCM 2.0, DTS HD Master audio 5.1
Region code : A, B, C