Swan Lake from the Opéra national de Paris

SWAN LAKERetransmission available from December 13, 2026 to February 10, 2027Duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes (non-stop)

Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev (based on the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov)

Music: Piotr Czajkowski

Conductor: Vello Pähn

Cast: Sae Eun Park (Odetta/Odylia), Paul Marque (Prince Siegfried), Pablo Legasa (Rotbart), soloists, soloists and ballet ensemble and orchestra of the Paris Opera

Cinematography: Isabelle Julien

Prince Siegfried, under pressure from his parents, is to choose a future wife, but on the shore of the lake he meets the mysterious Odette - a girl enchanted by the sorcerer Rotbart into a swan. Only a sincere confession of love can lift the curse. Enchanted, Siegfried swears her allegiance forever. Soon, however, Odysseus, the black swan, appears...

“Swan Lake”, a delightful ballet with dazzling music by Peter Tchaikovsky, was created in 1877 for the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, and was then re-staged by Marius Petipa and Leo Ivanov. Almost a century later, in 1984, Rudolf Nuriev presented his own interpretation of this work at the Paris Opera.

Ballet in two acts