Royal Russian Ballet: Swan Lake, Budapest Congress Centre, 27 - 28 February
- 18 Feb 2015 8:04 AM
Swan Lake is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular of all ballets. The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. Royal Russian Ballet presents this performance in unique, original choreography of Marius Petipa with new styled costumes and scenery.
The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger. The ballet was premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet on 4 March 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
Although it is presented in many different versions, most ballet companies base their stagings both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, first staged for the Imperial Ballet on 15 January 1895, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
For this revival, Tchaikovsky's score was revised by the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre's chief conductor and composer Riccardo Drigo.
Date and time: Saturday 27 February 2016, 3 p.m. and 7 pm.
(please note that tickets for the performance on 28 February are sold out)
Venue: Budapest Congress Centre
Address: 1123 Budapest, Jagelló út 1-3.
Ticket prices: HUF 13990,- / HUF 12990,- / HUF 9990,-
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