Swan Lake

Also known as Lebedinoye ozero

ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Swan Lake is a famous ballet with music composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, telling the story of a princess transformed into a swan. It is considered one of the most important and widely performed ballets in the world, known for its beautiful music and demanding choreography.

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Encyclopedic overview

Swan Lake (Russian: Лебединое озеро) is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular ballets of all time.

The scenario, initially in two acts, was based on Russian and German folk tales, telling a story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Swan Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.