Swan Lake - The Bolshoi Ballet
 (1976)
Ballet, Music
In Collection
#2255
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Seen It:  No
738329211752
130 mins Russia / Music Only
Bolshoi Ballet
Maya Plisetskaya Odette/Odile (Swan Queen)

"Swan Lake" is a timeless love story that mixes magic, tragedy, and romance. It features Prince Siegfried and a lovely swan princess named Odette. Under the spell of a sorcerer, Odette spends her days as a swan swimming on a lake of tears and her nights in her beautiful human form.

The couple quickly falls in love. As in most fairy tales, things are not that easy and the sorcerer has more tricks to play. That brings Odile, his daughter, into the picture. Confusion, forgiveness, and a happy ending with Siegfried and Odette together forever round off the ballet.
Edition Details
Distributor Kino Lorber
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
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Notes
Frankly, I didn't much like this Bolshoi rendition of Swan Lake. The distributor, Kino Lorbe, has digitally restored and remastered the 1976 film recording of a historic Bolshoi performance marking the centenary of the first ballet made on the Tchaikovsky's score. I suspect that it is faithful to the cheoragraphy and and style of the 19th and early 20th century performance.