In the castle ballroom, Wolfgang orders the servants to admit the guests, and they are followed by the Prince's mother, Siegfried and their retinue of pages and dwarves, who perform a dance. The music was composed by the Alhambra Theatre's chef d'orchestre Georges Jacoby. In an apotheosis, the swan maidens, who transform to regular maidens, watch as Siegfried and Odette ascend into the Heavens together, forever united in love. 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Several notable productions have diverged from the original and its 1895 revival: Swan Lake is scored for the typical late 19th-century large orchestra: By 1895, Benno von Sommerstern had become just "Benno," and Odette "Queen of the Swans." This is also the case in some avant garde productions. Tchaikovsky was angered by this change, stating that whether the ballet was good or bad, he alone should be held responsible for its music. The ballet was premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet on 4 March [O.S. Against their advice, Odette lingers to spend one last moment with Siegfried, who rushes in. Until 1953 this pas de deux was thought to be lost, until a repétiteur score was accidentally found in the archives of the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre, among orchestral parts for Alexander Gorsky's revival of Le Corsaire (Gorsky had included the piece in his version of Le Corsaire staged in 1912). He agreed to compose a new pas de deux, but soon a problem arose: Sobeshchanskaya wanted to retain Petipa's choreography. Tchaikovsky most admired the ballet music of such composers as Léo Delibes, Adolphe Adam, and later, Riccardo Drigo. In the background is a lake, shimmering in the moonlight. He wrote it for the children of his sister, Alexandra Davydova, and named it Swan Lake. Odette dies in the Prince's arms. Wheeldon’s take on the iconic ballet, endlessly re-envisioned since Tchaikovsky wrote the original score for the Bolshoi in 1877, is visually moving and symphonically stunning. Karpakova may also have danced the part Odile, although it is believed the ballet originally called for two different dancers. Tchaikovsky studied the music of "specialists" such as the Italian Cesare Pugni and the Austrian Ludwig Minkus, before setting to work on Swan Lake. Siegfried reluctantly agrees, and his mother departs. Albrecht will be there as well" [19]. "[10] The German origins of the story were "treated with suspicion while the tale itself was regarded as 'stupid' with unpronounceable surnames for its characters. The ballet’s premiere took place on February 20, 1877, but it was not a success owing to poor staging and choreography, and it was soon dropped from the repertoire. It is impossible to tell from the titles of the individual dances whether the music was authentic. In 1967, Eric Bruhn produced and danced in a new "Swan Lake" for the National Ballet of Canada, with striking largely black and white designs by Desmond Healey. Though the libretto is based on a story by the German author Johann Karl August Musäus The Stolen Veil, many of Tchaikovsky’s contemporaries claimed that he was deeply fascinated by the tragic life story of Bavarian King Ludwig II—sometimes called the Swan King—who died under mys… The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from Russian and German folk tales[a] and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. Odette says, and falls into Siegfried's arms. Act 4: In tears, Odette tells her friends Siegfried did not keep his vow of love. Annoyed, she calls Wolfgang to talk some sense into him. Tchaikovsky himself first mentioned the ballet in a letter to Sergey Taneyev of 14/26 August 1875 written from Verbovka, where he had arrived on 18/30 July and finished his Symphony No. Sobeshchanskaya was so pleased with Tchaikovsky's new music, she requested he compose an additional variation, which he did. At this time, the Russian text of the libretto, included in the full score, was translated into the French language [29]. Siegfried snatches the crown from her head and throws it in the lake, saying "Willing or unwilling, you will always remain with me!" Rothbart suddenly appears [Scène. Nikolay Kashkin [6] recalled that the composer was persuaded to write a ballet on a mythical subject from the time of medieval knights, but there is very little reliable information on the process of composition. Unfortunately, up to the present time it is still not possible to find materials which would show conclusively how the ballet was performed during the composer's lifetime. Since the first published libretto does not correspond with Tchaikovsky's music in many places, one theory is that the first published version was written by a journalist after viewing initial rehearsals (new opera and ballet productions were always reported in the newspapers, along with their respective scenarios). On the right bank are the ruins of a chapel. Six eligible princesses arrive with their parents, and each daughter dances for Siegfried. As he sees a flock of swansflying overhead, he sets off in pursuit. She tells him that she is the Princess Odette, the unwanted stepdaughter of an evil sorceress who is trying to kill her. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the music. Besides a ballet, which I am rushing to finish as soon as possible so that I can start on an opera, I have a mass of proofs and—worst of all—a commitment to write some musical articles" [10]. The swan-maidens try to comfort her. As dawn breaks. She asks Siegfried why he wishes to persecute her. In Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Years of fame …had completed the composition of Swan Lake, which was the first in his famed trilogy of ballets. Then a flock of swan maidens and children appear and reproach the young huntsmen. It seems that the plot of the ballet was also changed, judging from some annotations to the list of dances performed. He seems to have begun work on the orchestration between October and December and finally, the score was finished in April 1876. In the same year, Ivan Vsevolozhsky decided to produce the complete ballet, and asked Modest Tchaikovsky to rewrite the libretto [25]. The newly discovered materials from the music archive of Bolshoy theatre fully support Nikolay Kashkin's assumption and also give us the name of the dancer for whom the ballet was written, the prima ballerina Lidiya Geyten, who took part in rehearsals until she decided its music was not for her.[4]. Odette's stepmother was a witch who wanted to kill her, but her grandfather saved her. Only the marriage vow can break the spell, which holds her and the other girls bound as swans by day and humans by night. [3], There is no evidence to prove who wrote the original libretto, or where the idea for the plot came from. The spell can only be broken if someone who has never loved before swears an oath of undying love a… On 12/24 November 1875 in a letter to Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, we read: "I am drowning in a flood of work. A flock of swans appears in the air, and Benno suggests a hunt. Upset that he cannot marry for love, Siegfried escapes into the forest at night. Then he takes the crown from her head and throws it into the stormy lake. Between 1880 and 1882 the ballet was staged twenty times. Лебединое Озеро), (fr. Большой театр / Swan Lake. Baron von Rothbart and his daughter, Odile, arrive. His friend Benno and the tutor try to lift his troubled mood. When Tchaikovsky started composing Swan Lake in 1875, however, he gave ballet a sense of symphonic construction. In most productions, the couple's sacrifice results in his destruction. Siegfried enters and begs Odette for forgiveness. Soon Reisinger began setting certain numbers aside that he dubbed "undanceable." Hansen presented another version of Swan Lake on 28 October 1882, again with Kalmykova as Odette/Odile. I took this work on partly for the money, which I need, and partly because I have long wanted to try my hand at writing this type of music" [8]. Today, it is Riccardo Drigo's revision of Tchaikovsky's score, and not Tchaikovsky's original score of 1877, that most ballet companies use. Tchaikovsky had a rather negative opinion of the "specialist" ballet music until he studied it in detail, being impressed by the nearly limitless variety of infectious melodies their scores contained. The Royal Court. They resume their places and the party continues, with divertissements for the peasants and revellers. The first of these pieces is described on the manuscript score as: "Russian Dance for the third act of Lake of the Swans (for Madame. The scene represents part of a magnificent park, with a castle visible in the distance. The highlights are genuinely high. The Prince's mother is delighted that Siegfried is taken with Odile. So don't forget: the second" [23]. An owl flies screeching overhead, holding Odette's crown in its claws. The titles for each number are taken from the original published score. Begichev commissioned the score of Swan Lake from Tchaikovsky in May 1875 for 800 rubles. I want to get away from all the bustle and clamour of the festivities in Moscow, and to work properly on the ballet, which has to be finished as soon as possible. The prince orders wine for them, and the women are given flowers and ribbons. Image via Herrenchiemsee There are a few different theories as to how Tchaikovsky came up with the idea for Swan Lake. Rather than remain a swan forever, Odette chooses to die. Tchaikovsky began composing the score for Swan Lake in early 1875. Another theory is that it was written by Vladimir Petrovich Begichev, director of the Moscow Imperial Theatres at the time, possibly with Vasily Geltser, danseur of the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre (a surviving copy of the libretto bears his name). Besides composing Lake of the Swans, Tchaikovsky had to attend to a number of other tasks. Tchaikovsky [Tchaikowski, Tchaikowskij, Tchaikovsky, Chakowski, Cajkovskij], Pyotr Ilyich [Pëtr Il'ic] Kamsko-Votkinsk 1840 - St. Petersburg 1893 ... Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1875–1876): The Swan Lake Op. Odette tells them to desist since she considers him to be no threat to them. Act IV. Hansen became Balletmaster to the Alhambra Theatre in London and on 1 December 1884 he presented a one-act ballet titled The Swans, which was inspired by the second scene of Swan Lake. She tells them her name is Odette and she was one of the swans they were hunting. Some of the numbers are titled simply as musical indications, those that are not are translated from their original French titles. During the late 1880s and early 1890s, Petipa and Vsevolozhsky discussed with Tchaikovsky the possibility of reviving Swan Lake. Act III, No. Some information can be gleaned by comparing posters from the first three productions of the ballet on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. The Prince appears to agree with Wolfgang, but as soon as his tutor leaves, he takes his gun and hurries off with Benno in the direction the swans were flying. At first, she is terrified of Siegfried. I hope that you have managed to leave out the flood in the last scene... and later on the Prince taking the crown from the head of his beloved swan and destroying it? Hansen made considerable efforts to salvage Swan Lake and on 13 January 1880 he presented a new production of the ballet for his own benefit performance. The ballet's original title, as indicated on the manuscript score, was The Lake of Swans or Lake of the Swans (Озеро лебедей), and its story derives from a German fairy tale. At the behest of the Moscow Directorate I am writing the music for the ballet "Lake of the Swans". In his biography of the composer, Modest Tchaikovsky named Begichev and Geltser as joint authors of the libretto. 11, 12 and 15 from the Eighteen Pieces, Op. This page was last modified on 5 April 2020, at 23:59. No. Odette promises him she will attend the ball tomorrow. Get the story behind Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece Swan Lake, a ballet that continues to thrill audiences with its romance, drama, tragedy and exquisite score. Although it is presented in many different versions, most ballet companies base their stagings both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, first staged for the Imperial Ballet on 15 January 1895, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. The enormously successful production starred Lew Christensen as Prince Siegfried, Jacqueline Martin as Odette, and Janet Reed as Odile. The Beavis and Butt-Head episode "A Very Special Episode" uses the same arrangement used in Dracula and The Mummy while Beavis is feeding the bird he saved. In 1882 Tchaikovsky considered creating a suite from the music to Swan Lake, but it was only seven years after his death that such a suite was finally published, and it is unknown who made the selection of numbers. Pudelek, Janina. Most controversially, he recast Von Rothbart as the malevolent "Black Queen", adding psychological emphasis to the Prince's difficult relationships with women, his domineering mother included. She tells them her story: Odette's mother, a good fairy, had married a knight, but she died and the knight remarried. It is the first recognisably symphonic ballet score, setting to music a dramatic narrative as serious as … After a grand waltz, Siegfried's mother arrives unexpectedly, and tells him that he must choose a bride the next day, at a ball to be held for that purpose. Other soloists included: Pavel Gerdt (Siegfried), Stanislav Gillert (Wolfgang), Aleksandr Oblakov (Benno) and Aleksey Bulgakov (Von Rothbart). The ballet was commissioned from Tchaikovsky by the Directorate of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow during the spring of 1875. The conductor was Adolf Čech, and the balletmaster was Augustin Berger, with Giulietta Paltrinieri-Bergrova as Odette, and August Berger in the role of Siegfried (renamed "Prince Jaroslav" in this production). Tchaikovsky. Act III. By day they are turned into swans and only at night, by the side of the enchanted lake – created from the tears of Odette's mother – do they return to human form. Also Baron von Stein, his wife, and Freiherr von Schwarzfels and his wife were no longer identified on the program. The most loved and mesmerizing of classical ballets, "Swan Lake" was Tchaikovsky's first. For this production Hansen arranged a Grand Pas for the ballroom scene which he titled La Cosmopolitana. Odette is restored to human form and she and Siegfried are happily united. “Swan Lake” is a classical ballet composed between the years 1875 to 1876 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Sleeping Beauty. However, Tchaikovsky died on 6 November 1893, just when plans to revive Swan Lake were beginning to come to fruition. 3 is the autograph date: "13 October 1875 [O.S.]. In the Dances of the Swans, the Andante (G-flat major) section of the 5th variation is based on the final duet of Undina and Huldbrandt from Act III of the opera Undina (1869) . Though the princesses try to attract the prince with their dances [Pas de six], Siegfried has eyes only for Odile. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op.20, TH.12 / Act 2 - No.13e Danse des cygnes: Pas d'action: Odette et le prince/Deuxième danse de la reine des cygnes (Andante) 5:43 … From around the time of the turn of the 19th century until the beginning of the 1890s, scores for ballets were almost always written by composers known as "specialists," who were highly skilled at scoring the light, decorative, melodious, and rhythmically clear music that was at that time in vogue for ballet. The sad last song of the swan is heard. 20, is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–1876. In 2010, South African choreographer and ballet dancer, Prince Siegfried, a handsome Prince who falls in love with Odette, Baron Von Rothbart, an evil sorcerer, who has enchanted Odette, Odile (the Black Swan), Rothbart's daughter, Benno von Sommerstern, the Prince's friend, Court gentlemen and ladies, friends of the prince, heralds, guests, pages, villagers, servants, swans, cygnets, In the version danced today by the Mariinsky Ballet, the ending is one of a "happily ever after" in which Siegfried fights Rothbart and tears off his wing, killing him. The ballet belonged solely to Legnani until she left St. Petersburg for her native Italy in 1901. She is protected by her crown, which was given to her by her grandfather. In a report from the inspector of music, Yury Gerber, to the Directorate of the Moscow Theatres, we read: "I have the honour of informing the Directorate that on this day I received from Mr Tchaikovsky the remaining 3 acts of the ballet Swan Lake—Mr Tchaikovsky asked me to petition the Directorate for payment of the balance of his fee". [Scène: Allegro, Tempo di valse, Allegro vivo] Odette appears at the castle window and attempts to warn Siegfried, but he does not see her. Tchaikovsky drew on previous compositions for his Swan Lake score. Siegfried chooses to die with her and they leap into the lake, where they will stay together forever. However, the authorship of the libretto of Swan Lake has long been in doubt [2]. In the United States, an abridged version by Mikhail Mordkin was performed in New York on 6/19 December 1911, with Ekaterina Gelster as Odette, and Mikhail Mordkin as Siegfried. At the time of the third production, in 1882, Hansen introduced further changes, and added a new dance in Act III for the ballerina Lydia Geiten—Cosmopolitan, to music by Cesar Pugni, which had no relevance whatsoever to the ballet. In parts of Swan Lake Tchaikovsky used music from his earlier destroyed operas: 1. Op.20a ; TH 219 I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. In “Of Gods and Men” (2011, Cannes winner), the climactic Swan Lake music is played at the monks’ Last Supper-reminiscent dinner. As in the 1880 production, and in all subsequent ones, Swan Lake was never performed in its entirety (i.e. 5 / Swan Lake Suite, Op. The soloists were: Pelageya Karpakova (Odette/Odile), Olga Nikolayeva (Princess), Stanislav Gillert (Siegfried), Wilhelm Vanner (Wolfgang), S. G. Nikitin (Benno), Sergey Sokolov (Von Rothbart), Kuznetsov (Master of Ceremonies), Fyodor Reinshausen (Baron von Stein), Polyakova (Baroness von Stein). On 11/23 December the same year, the composer wrote to Anatoly Tchaikovsky: "If only you knew how after writing articles, scoring the ballet, conservatory classes, and so forth, how difficult it is for me to find the time to carry on a discussion with you" [11]. This production was better-received than the original, but by no means a great success. 20a), but not the additional Pas de deux (Act III, No. The Prince's mother and von Rothbart join their hands. Siegfried is struck by Odile's likeness to Odette. The poverty of the production, meaning the décor and costumes, the absence of outstanding performers, the Balletmaster's weakness of imagination, and, finally, the orchestra ... all of this together permitted (Tchaikovsky) with good reason to cast the blame for the failure on others. The title page of the edition of this score carried a note explaining that the pieces inserted into the ballet were Tchaikovsky's own, and had been orchestrated by Drigo. 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