Swan Lake (Russian: Лебеди́ное о́зеро, romanized as Lebedínoje ózero) Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Peter Ilich 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 and German folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger (Václav Reisinger). The ballet was premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet on 4 March [O.S. 20 February] 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
A suite, titled as the Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219. was also produced. It was composed in 1875-1877, and is intended for concert performance.
It is the music that was used in Quincy and the Magic Instruments and The Blue-Footed Booby Bird Ballet.
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In Season 2[]
In Quincy and the Magic Instruments, Swan Lake Suite was used to sing on helping Quincy rescue his friends, who are stranded in the Arabian Sea.
In The Blue Footed Booby Bird Ballet, Swan Lake was used to sing to get the lost baby booby bird to the ballet show, on the Galapagos Islands.
Structure[]
The Swan Lake Suite contains 10 excerpts, used as movements, from the original Swan Lake Ballet.
Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, TH 219[]
- Scène [Act 2, No. 10]
- Valse [Act 1, No. 2]
- Danse des cygnes [Act 2, No. 13, Var. 4]
- Scène [Act 2, No. 13, Var. 5]
- Danse hongroise. Czardas [Act 3, No. 20]
- Danse espagnole [Act 3, No. 21]
- Danse napolitaine [Act 3, No. 22]
- Mazurka [Act 3, No. 23]
- Danses des petits cygnes [Act 4, No. 27]
- Scène finale [Act 4, No. 29]
Episode Appearances[]
Season 2[]
Songs adapted from Swan Lake[]
Quincy and the Magic Instruments[]
The Blue-Footed Booby Bird Ballet[]
Trivia[]
- 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.
- The suite is also used for the ballet theater of "Swan Lake".
- The Scene is played during the Doves of Piece scene in the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
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