Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 | Kirov Ballet, 1990 (Choreography: Mariu...

Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) is one of the most famous ballets ever. Composed in 1875/76 and premiered in 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Swan Lake is still part of the standard repertoire of classical ballet companies today. The production of the ballet classic performed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in 1895 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg had a great influence all subsequent performances of Swan Lake. This video shows the classic Kirov production by Oleg Vinogradov, based on the choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov at the Kirov Theater in Leningrad from 1990 – as a television production without an audience. It contains neither scene applause nor the long shot of the stage that is usual in live footage. Rather, in addition to overall views, there are many close-ups of individual dancers or small groups of dancers. This version includes the court jester character and has a happy ending: Siegfried fights with von Rothbart, defeats the evil magician, and is reunited with Odette at the end. The Kirov Ballet, Leningrad Artistic director - Oleg Vinogradov Choreography - Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov In a version by Konstantin Sergeyev Kirov Theatre Orchestra Viktor Fedotov - conductor Kirov Theatre Leningrad, December 1990 Cast of dancers: Odette / Odile - Yulia Makhalina Prince Siegfried - Igor Zelensky The Princess Regent, Siegfried's mother - Angelina Kashirina Rothbart, an evil magician - Eldar Aliyev Court Jester - Yuri Fateyev The Prince's friends - Larissa Lezhnina, Veronika Ivanova The Prince's tutor - Vladimir Silakov Cygnets - Natalia Pavlova, Elvira Krylova, Maya Baturina, Veronika Ivanova Four swans - Galina Yablonskaya, Anna Polikarpova, Tatiana Rusanova, Galina Rakhmanova Two swans - Irina Sitnikova, Olga Volobuyeva Spanish Dance - Yelena Sherstynyova, Vladimir Kolesnikov, Natalya Kopyseva, Maxim Piskevich Neapolitan Dance - Irina Guseva, Andrei Garbuz Hungarian Dance / Czardas - Galina Zakrutkina, Andrei Yakovlev Mazurka - Yelena Bazhenova, Andrei Bugayev, Marina Abdullayeva, Pyotr Stasyunas, Viktoria Lebedeva, Vyacheslav Khomyakov, Nina Borchenko, Gennady Babanin Structure: Act I / Scene 1: A park near Prince Siegfried's castle (00:00) Introduction: Moderato assai – Allegro non troppo – Tempo I (02:36) Scene: Allegro giusto (05:48) Waltz: Tempo di valse (11:38) Scene: Allegro moderato (15:24) Pas de trois (23:38) Pas d'action: Andantio quasi moderato - Allegro (25:11) Dance with goblets: Tempo di polacca (28:25) Scene: Moderato (swan theme) Act I / Scene 2: Beside a lake (30:35) Scene: Moderato (swan theme) (33:13) Scene: Allegro moderato, Moderato, Allegro vivo (37:46) Scene: Allegro, Moderato assai quasi andante (41:42) Dances of the swans (53:34) Dance of the little swans (1:01:44) Scene: Moderato (swan theme) Act II: The ballroom in Siegfried's castle (1:03:38) Scene: March - Allegro giusto (1:06:17) Ballabile: Dance of the corps de ballet and the dwarves: Moderato assai, Allegro vivo (1:07:52) Entrance of the guests and Waltz: Allegro, Tempo di valse (1:12:00) Scene: Allegro, Allegro giusto (1:13:43) Spanish Dance: Allegro non troppo (Tempo di bolero) (1:15:42) Neapolitan Dance: Allegro moderato, Andantino quasi moderato, Presto (1:17:34) Hungarian Dance: Czardas - Moderato assai, Allegro moderato, Vivace (1:20:16) Mazurka: Tempo di mazurka (1:23:10) Grand Pas d'action (The black swan Pas de deux) (1:34:24) Scene: Allegro, Tempo di valse, Allegro vivo (swan theme) Act III: Beside the lake (1:36:24) Entr'acte: Moderato (1:38:52) Valse des cygnes (Waltz for white and black swans) (1:44:06) Scene: Allegro agitato, Molto meno mosso, Allegro vivace (1:47:33) Scene finale: Andante (1:48:41) Scene Dansante (1:52:41) Scene finale: Allegro, Alla breve, Moderato e maestoso, Moderato (swan theme) (1:57:02) Credits (swan theme)