Swan Lake

Production de 1984 - Rudolf Noureev

• Conductor

  Vello Pähn

• Choreography

  Rudolf Noureev

• Music

  Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski
  (1840-1893)

• Libretto

  Vladimir Begichev

• Libretto

  Vassili Geltser

• Set design

  Ezio Frigerio

• Costume design

  Franca Squarciapino

• Lighting design

  Vinicio Cheli

A fairytale ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s scintillating score, Swan Lake was created in 1877 for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and later restaged by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Almost a hundred years later, Rudolf Nureyev brought his own interpretation of the ballet to the Paris Opera in 1984. The encounter between a dreamy prince and a bird-woman continues to fascinate with its elegant choreography and poetic story. Rudolf Nureyev’s striking psychological insight magnifies the love story between Siegfried and Odette, the white swan bullied by the sorcerer Rothbart and Odile, the black swan. Ezio Frigerio designed the set as an enclosed space, a mental space in which the prince gives free rein to his fantasies.

The Étoiles, the Premières Danseuses, the Premiers Danseurs and the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet
The Paris Opera Orchestra

Swan Lake

Production de 1984 - Rudolf Noureev

• Odette / Odile

  Bleuenn Battistoni

• Le Prince Siegfried

  Mathias Heymann

• Rothbart

  Jack Gasztowtt