Zwanenmeer by Tchaikovsky, P. I., ma. 03 jun 2024, Van (2024/2024), Geregisseerd door John Cranko, Dirigent Mikhail Agrest, Wolfgang Heinz, Opernhaus, Stuttgart, Duitsland

It's confusingly similar... Prince Siegfried falls in love with the beautiful Odette, but then mistakes his lover for the lovely Odile. Blinded by Odile's seductive skills, he makes a fatal mistake: he breaks his vow of loyalty and condemns Odette to remain trapped in the body of a swan. What Hamlet is to the theater, Swan Lake is to classical ballet. The ballet fairy tale about the enchanted swan women to Tchaikovsky's late romantic composition delights both die-hard fans and newcomers worldwide and should not be missing from any ballet repertoire. John Cranko also created his own version of Swan Lake - which was considered groundbreaking for the further production history of the material. Cranko transformed the previously one-dimensional role of the prince into a very human, even flawed Siegfried. Crushed by society's expectations of a future king, he runs away from home on the eve of his 18th birthday. He ends up at the eponymous Swan Lake, where he meets a group of women, including Princess Odette. These were transformed into swans by the magician Redbeard. Only unconditional love can save her. Siegfried swears his loyalty to her, but the next day Redbeard appears at the celebrations for Siegfried's birthday and with him the beautiful Odile, who looks exactly like Odette. The evil deception succeeds; Siegfried falls for the ruse. And so in the end, not only does Odette remain in the magician's power as a swan, but Siegfried also loses his life in the waves of the lake after a final reunion with her.