15 Facts About Swan Lake

Swan Lake made use of material from The Voyevoda, an opera he had abandoned in 1868.

Tchaikovsky's excitement with Swan Lake is evident from the speed with which he composed: commissioned in the spring of 1875, the piece was created within one year.

Swan Lake agreed to compose a new pas de deux, but soon a problem arose: Sobeshchanskaya wanted to retain Petipa's choreography.

Hansen's version of Swan Lake was given only four times, the final performance being on 2 January 1883, and soon the ballet was dropped from the repertory altogether.

The production included the second act of Swan Lake, choreographed by Lev Ivanov, Second Balletmaster to the Imperial Ballet.

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Unlike the premiere of The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake did not dominate the repertory of the Mariinsky Theatre in its first season.

Swan Lake is scored for the typical late 19th-century large orchestra:.

Swan Lake is generally presented in either four acts, four scenes or three acts, four scenes.

Swan Lake tells him that he must choose a bride at the royal ball the following evening.

Swan Lake then proclaims to the court that he will marry Odile before Rothbart shows him a magical vision of Odette.

Swan Lake chooses to die with her and they leap into the lake, where they will stay together forever.

Swan Lake has organized a ball where he is to choose his bride from among the daughters of the nobility.

Swan Lake tells them her name is Odette and she was one of the swans they were hunting.

Swan Lake tells them her story: her mother, a good fairy, had married a knight, but she died and he remarried.

Swan Lake had cried so much over her mother's death, he created the lake with his tears.