Swan Lake
Friday 13 September 2024, 7:00 PM
Saturday 14 September 2024, 7:00 PM
Sunday 15 September 2024, 2:30 PM
Supported by the Embassy of Russia
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Libretto: Yuri Grigorovich after scenario by Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser
Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich (2001 version)
Scenes in choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky
Conductor: Pavel Klinichev (Honoured Artist of Russia)
Accompanied by Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra
Story synopsis on screens in English and Thai
A truly historic event: the world’s best-known ballet performed by the oldest and most renowned ballet company will perform in Thailand for the first time ever with a cast of 170 artists. The iconic “Swan Lake” was actually commissioned by the Bolshoi Theatre and first performed there in 1877 (a full century after its groundbreaking founding), and 150 years later remains a truly unforgettable experience.
Tchaikovsky’s first ballet–the tale of an enchanted swan, Odette, whose true love, her devoted prince Siegfried ready to defy his parents for her, is tricked into betraying her by the Evil Genius and his puppet Odile–is as glorious a theatrical spectacle as ever.
There was a time when “Swan Lake” was performed with a happy ending. But renowned choreographer Yuri Grigorovich’s version from 1969 has triumphed. It is a tragedy in two acts.
