
RB Encore: Macmillan Celebrated
14th Apr 2024
Tchaikovsky’s sensational score combines with the evocative imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett in this stunning quintessential ballet classic.
Out hunting, Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans. One among them transforms into the beautiful human Odette and he is immediately enamoured. But Odette is bound by a spell which keeps her captive as a swan during the day. Can Siegfried free her?
Tchaikovsky’s sensational score combines with the evocative imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane to heighten the dramatic pathos of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov’s quintessential ballet classic. Swan Lake remains to this day one of the best-loved works in the classical ballet canon.
Duration: 3 hrs 30 mins (including two intervals)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House