The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake

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Ore Oduba

Marianela Núñez

Vadim Muntagirov

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Liam Scarlett

John Macfarlane

Tony Followell

Peter Jones

Ross MacGibbon

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The Royal Ballet perform Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet, choreographed by Liam Scarlett.

The Royal Ballet perform Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet, choreographed by Liam Scarlett and starring Marianela Núñez as Odette/Odile and Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Siegfried.

The Royal Ballet perform Tchaikovsky’s magnificent classical ballet in a 2018 production by brilliant young choreographer Liam Scarlett, with sumptuous and evocative designs by John Macfarlane.

The Royal Ballet’s production of this iconic classic – the first in over 30 years at Covent Garden – garnered five-star reviews when it opened in May 2018. Starring the Argentinian ballerina Marianela Núñez in the hugely challenging dual role of Odette/Odile, with Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Siegfried, the ballet is a showcase for the whole company, who dazzle in full royal finery during the ball at the palace and in delicate feathered tutus as flocks of swans in the unforgettable scenes at the moonlit lake.

Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is enraptured. But she is under a spell that holds her captive, allowing her to regain her human form only at night. Siegfried holds the power to break the curse
with a promise of true love – but the evil von Rothbart disguises his daughter Odile as Odette to trick Siegfried into breaking his vow.

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