Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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"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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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)