Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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ballet classical ballet

"Swan Lake" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a landmark 19th-century classical ballet, renowned for its romantic, tragic storyline and iconic score, and is one of the most frequently performed ballets worldwide.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Swan Lake	4
Richard Wagner described it as the apotheosis of the dance	1
Swan Lake (1895 Petipa–Ivanov revival)	1
Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)	1
Swan Lake Op. 20	1
Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky canonical	1
Swan Lake with Margot Fonteyn	1
ballet "Swan Lake"	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ballet ⓘ classical ballet ⓘ
adaptedAs	animated features ⓘ films ⓘ television productions ⓘ
basedOn	German and Russian folk tales ⓘ
catalogueNumber	Op. 20 ⓘ
composer	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russian Empire ⓘ
culturalStatus	one of the most famous ballets in the classical repertoire ⓘ
form	full-length ballet ⓘ
genre	classical music ⓘ romantic ballet ⓘ
hasAlternativeEnding	happy ending (defeat of Rothbart) ⓘ tragic ending (death of Odette and Siegfried) ⓘ
influence	frequently performed by major ballet companies worldwide ⓘ standard of classical ballet repertoire ⓘ
keyFeatures	contrast between white swans and black swan ⓘ leitmotifs associated with characters ⓘ
language	none (wordless ballet score) ⓘ
movement	Romanticism ⓘ
notableNumber	Black Swan Pas de deux ⓘ Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre) ⓘ Swan Theme ⓘ White Swan Pas de deux ⓘ
notableProduction	1895 Petipa–Ivanov production at Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ
notableRecordingMedium	orchestral concert suites extracted from the ballet ⓘ
notableRevivalChoreographer	Lev Ivanov ⓘ Marius Petipa ⓘ
notableRevivalPremiereDate	1895-01-15 ⓘ
notableRevivalPremierePlace	Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ surface form: Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
numberOfActs	4 ⓘ
orchestration	full symphony orchestra ⓘ
originalChoreographer	Julius Reisinger ⓘ
originalLibrettist	Vasily Geltser ⓘ Vladimir Begichev ⓘ
period	late 19th century ⓘ
premiereDate	1877-03-04 ⓘ
premierePlace	Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ surface form: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
principalCharacter	Odette ⓘ Odile ⓘ Siegfried ⓘ surface form: Prince Siegfried Rothbart ⓘ
setting	medieval Germany (traditional staging) ⓘ
structure	prologue and four acts (in some productions) ⓘ
style	Russian classical ballet tradition ⓘ
theme	betrayal ⓘ love ⓘ magic and enchantment ⓘ tragedy ⓘ

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Mariinsky Theatre → notableProduction → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

Bolshoi Theatre → notableWorkPerformed → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: ballet "Swan Lake"

Maria Tallchief → notableWork → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swan Lake

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky → notableWork → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swan Lake

St. Petersburg Mariinsky style → typicalRepertoire → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swan Lake

Imperial Russian Ballet → premiered → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swan Lake (1895 Petipa–Ivanov revival)

Black Swan → subject → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swan Lake

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 → notableCommentary → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richard Wagner described it as the apotheosis of the dance

Swan Theme → workBasedOn → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swan Lake Op. 20

Rudolf Nureyev → notablePerformance → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swan Lake with Margot Fonteyn

Dracula (1931 film) → musicBy → Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)