Swan Lake
Music Tchaikovsky
Boston Ballet-April 29, 2016-opening night
Boston Opera House
Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen
Conductor Jonathon McPhee
Odette/Odile Misa Kuranaga
Prince Siegfried Gonzalo Garcia*
Von Rothbart Lasha Khozashvili
World Premiere-adaptation and additional choreography by Mikko Nissinen after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Boston Ballet October 19. 2014
Original Premiere
Imperial Ballet, Maryinsky Theatre January 15, 1895
Boston Ballet dedicates these performances of Swan Lake to the memory of former Artistic Director Violette Verdy, a legendary and beloved star of the dance world.
*Gonzalo Garcia--guest artist-principal dancer with New York City Ballet
Broadway World article--Click here:
Interview with Misa Kuranaga--Click here:
The Kirov Ballet
Odette/Odile Yulia Makhalina Prince Siegfried Igor Zelensky
This production includes the familiar happy ending in the final act where Siegfried fights and ultimately defeats the evil magician von Rothbart and at dawn is reunited with Odette.
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