Balletto di Teatro alla Scala: Swan Lake - Petipa, Ivanov and Ratmansky (2016)

La Scala Ballet in Alexei Ratmansky's historical production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov's "Swan Lake"
Music by Tchaikovsky
Choreography by Petipa and Ivanov, reconstructed from the notation scores of the Sergeyev Collection by Ratmansky
Additional choreography by Ratmansky
Recorded on the 30th June 2016 at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Cast:
Odette/Odile: Nicoletta Manni
Prince Siegfried: Timofei Andrijashenko
The Evil Genie/Von Rothbart: Mick Zeni
Benno: Christian Fagetti
The Queen: Caroline Westcombe
Wolfgang: Andrea Pujatti

Résumé of scenes and dances
1. Introduction - 0:00:45

Act 1, scene 1
2. Scène première, entrée du Prince Siegfried - 0:03:26
3. Pas de trois
3a. Entrée - 0:06:37
3b. Variation I - 0:08:52
3c. Variation II - 0:10:14
3d. Variation III - 0:11:32
3e. Coda - 0:12:51
4. Scène, entrée de la reine - 0:14:45
5. Valse champetre - 0:18:03
6. Scène d'action - 0:22:44
7. Sujet: Introduction to the Danse au cliquetis de verres - 0:24:17
8. Danse au cliquetis de verres - 0:24:52
9. Scène finale: Départ du Prince Siegfried, Benno et les chasseurs - 0:27:54

Act 1, scene 2
10. Scène - 0:29:53
11. Scène et entrée d'Odette - 0:32:23
12. Entrée des cygnes - 0:36:17
13. Danse des cygnes
13a. Valse des cygnes - 0:39:56
13b. Grand Pas d'action - 0:42:29
13c. Danse des petits cygnes - 0:49:34
13d. Danse des grands cygnes - 0:51:21
13e. Variation d'Odette - 0:53:08
13f. Coda Génerale - 0:55:09
14. Scène et finale - 0:57:13

Act 2
15. Grand Marche - 0:59:21
16. Valse des Fiancées - 1:01:51
17. Scène, entrée d'Odile - 1:05:12
18. Danse éspagnole - 1:06:54
19. Danse napolitaine - 1:09:05
20. Czardas - 1:11:17
21. Mazurka - 1:14:26
22. Grand Pas d'action
22a. Entrée - 1:17:48
22b. Grand Andante - 1:19:25
22c. Variation du Prince Siegfried (Variation pour Mons. Alexander Gorsky) - 1:23:29
22d. Variation d'Odile (Variation pour Mlle. Pierina Legnani) - 1:25:09
22e. Coda - 1:27:32
23. Scène finale - 1:29:35

Act 3
24. Entr'acte - 1:31:34
25. Valse des cygnes blanc et noir - 1:33:33
26. Scène - 1:38:18
27. Scène dansante - 1:41:32
28. Scène et finale. Apothéose - 1:45:10

Curtain call - 1:49:25

History
“Swan Lake” was Tchaikovsky’s first ballet and is based on European legends of the mythical swan maiden. The ballet made its world première on the 4th March [O.S. 20th February] 1877 at the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. For many years, the world première of "Swan Lake" has long believed to have been a failure, but in fact, the reaction was, at best, lukewarm. However, it was not the reaction that Tchaikovsky had hoped for and it was the sensitive composer who regarded his first ballet to be a failure. Sadly, Tchaikovsky would never live to see "Swan Lake" successful due to his untimely death on the 6th November [O.S. 25th October] 1893. At the time of his passing, the ballet was being revived by Marius Petipa, the Premier Maître de Ballet of the Saint Petersburg Imperial Theatres and his second ballet master Lev Ivanov, who, along with the Imperial Theatre's Principal Conductor Riccardo Drigo and Tchaikovsky's brother Modest, were creating a new production. Petipa and Ivaonv's "Swan Lake" premièred on the 27th January [O.S. 15th January] 1895 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, with the legendary Italian Prima Ballerina Assoluta Pierina Legnani as Odette/Odile. Reaction to the production was mixed, but better than the original 1877 production, with Legnani enchanting the audience as both the Swan Queen and the evil enchantress. Though not of the most popular ballet at the time, "Swan Lake" remained in the repertoire and after 1901 when it returned to Moscow in the hands of Alexander Gorsky, spread all over the world and gained popularity throughout the course of the 20th century. Today, it is one of the most popular and beloved ballets.
For more information on the history of "Swan Lake", please visit my website, "The Marius Petipa Society" - https://petipasociety.com/swan-lake/