Swan Lake
T672821762
One of ballet's most famous works with some of its best known music. It is Siegfried's birthday and his mother gives him a crossbow and an ultimatum to get married! After the party and finding himself alone he goes hunting. The evil magician Rothbart (half man half bird) keeps beautiful women as swans on the lake - but by night they resume human form. Siegfried is bewitched by Odette, a Princess and one of the Swans. She explains their plight to Siegfried and says the spell can only be broken by someone who'll love her truly for ever. He swears to do so but Odette returns to being a swan as Rothbart's powers are so strong. Siegfried returns to the palace and his mother presents him with a string of women from whom to chose his bride - Rothbart arrives with his daughter Odile disguised as Odette and Siegfried agrees to marry her - only then realising his mistake as Odile reviles him for breaking his vow to Odette. Siegfried returns to the lake and begs Odette to forgive him - then fights Rothbart whom he kills - and the swans are released from the spell.
Archive :: production:T672821762, dance or ballet:S962, venue:V1231
Current production:Work
Production details
Swan Lake, danced by The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, will be shown in select digital cinemas with High Definition and 5.1 Surround Sound from this Sunday 24th May. Swan Lake tells the enduring love story of a princess turned into a swan by an evil magician. Real life couple Marianela Nuñez and Thiago Soares lead the whole company in this production featuring the sights and sounds of Imperial Russia, perfected in the glorious music of Tchaikovsky. As one reviewer said, “Fancy a romantic tragedy in a tutu? Then this is the ballet for you”. Swan Lake will be showing on Sunday May 24th at the Odeon Covent Garden, Empire Leicester Square and BFI IMAX Cinema – ballet on the big screen doesn’t get any bigger than this! For tickets and information, including non-London cinemas, visit the ‘What’s On Cinemas’ page on the Royal Opera House’s website (http://www.roh.org.uk/cinemas/index.aspx) or contact your local cinema box office.
BFI IMAX, Empire Leicester Square, Odeon Covent Garden
