Events for Tuesday 23rd of October 2012
7.15pm
Swanlake – Royal Opera House Live
Surely the greatest of all Romantic ballets, Swan Lake is a perfect
synthesis of choreography and music. In creating this production, Anthony
Dowell aimed to return to an authentic version of the choreography created by
the great Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov for the Mariinsky Theatre in 1895.
Yolanda Sonnabend’s designs draw on the Russian Imperial Court of that period
with an inspired blend of historical accuracy and gothic fantasy. The court
scenes of Acts I and III have a dark glamour rooted in the opulent style of
Carl Faberge, while the famous lakeside ‘white’ acts are rich with mist, shadow
and moonlight.
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Broadcast live from the Royal Opera House, London in high definition