SWAN LAKE
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
“SWAN LAKE”
Ballet in 2 acts, 4 scenes
Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes (including one interval)
Please note that the age limit is 10+
Management reserves the right to substitute performers
Libretto by Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser
Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Renewed Version
Premiere: Mariinsky Theatre, 15 January 1895 (St. Petersburg)
Premiere at the Astana Opera House: March 8, 2018
Swan Lake is a performance after which one wants to return to the theatre again and again. From the very first bars of Tchaikovsky’s music, the audience is transported into a world where beauty conquers time and every movement gives birth to a living emotion.
While carefully preserving the line of the great tradition, the choreographer fills the performance with freshness, emotional depth and a distinctive plastic expressiveness that make the action vibrant and contemporary. The musical interpretation enhances the dramaturgy of the ballet, allowing Tchaikovsky’s score to be heard as if for the very first time.
Although Swan Lake was not recognized as a masterpiece during Tchaikovsky’s lifetime, today it is the most frequently performed ballet in the world. And this is no coincidence: the tragic story of Odette and Siegfried, born by an enchanted lake and forged through trials, continues to touch the hearts of audiences of all generations. The culmination of the evening is invariably the famous adagio of the “White Act” – a moment considered one of the pinnacles of ballet art.
This production is a chance to come into contact with a legend. To meet the gaze of the white swans. To hear a love story told without words. And to feel how Tchaikovsky’s immortal masterpiece comes alive on the stage of the Astana Opera House.
ROLES AND PERFORMERS
Odette–Odile – Aigerim BEKETAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan / Sofiya ADILKHANOVA / Torgyn LEBEN (debut) / Kamila SHAKHMANOVA (debut)
Siegfried – Dias KURMANGAZY (16 January / 18 January) / Yerkin RAKHMATULLAYEV
Von Rothbart – Zhanibek AKHMEDIYEV / Aidan KALZHAN / Amir KHWAN
Jester – Beibarys AKARYS / Nima TOKOV / Doskhan ZAIDIN (debut)
Pas de Trois – Alina ZYRYANOVA / Ademi ZHANABIL / Erkin BAZARBAYEV / Akbar IMINOV / Aliya AMIRKHAN (debut) / Darya MITROFANOVA (debut)
BALLET COMPANY AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ASTANA OPERA HOUSE
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Choreographer: Altynai Asylmuratova, People’s Artist of Russia
Music Director and Conductor: Arman Urazgaliyev
Set Designer: Ezio Frigerio
Costume Designer: Franca Squarciapino
