Description
- Approximate runtime: 3h 25min / 205min, Two IntervalsCast:To be confirmedCreatives:Choreography MARIUS PETIPA, LEV IVANOVAdditional Choreography LIAM SCARLETT, FREDERICK ASHTONMusic PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKYConductor KOEN KESSELSProduction LIAM SCARLETTDesigner JOHN MACFARLANELighting Designer DAVID FINNSynopsis:Princess Odette is bound by a curse, turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart. The spell can only be broken by a pledge of eternal love. When she meets Prince Siegfried, he is immediately enamoured by her fragile beauty and pledges to free her. But freedom is not promised for Odette as Von Rothbart conspires to thwart the lovers’ plans.Liam Scarlett’s production for The Royal Ballet brings together Tchaikovsky’s towering score and John Macfarlane’s picturesque designs to create an enduring ballet spectacle of love, treachery and forgiveness.