The Royal Ballet
SWAN LAKE
LIVE: Thursday 22nd April 2027, 19:15 BST
Approximate runtime: 3h 25min / 205min, Two Intervals
Cast:
To be confirmed
Creatives:
Choreography MARIUS PETIPA, LEV IVANOV
Additional Choreography LIAM SCARLETT, FREDERICK ASHTON
Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Conductor KOEN KESSELS
Production LIAM SCARLETT
Designer JOHN MACFARLANE
Lighting Designer DAVID FINN
Synopsis:
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.
