Credits
- Conductor
- Valery Gergiev
- Dancer
- Maryinsky Ballet Company
- Odette/Odile
- Ulyana Lopatkina
- Prince Siegfried
- Danila Korsuntsev
- Presenter
- Darcey Bussell
- Director
- Ross MacGibbon
- Producer
- Giles Oakley
Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes
The Kirov Ballet, under conductor Valery Gergiev from the Maryinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, present a complete performance of Swan Lake, their most enduringly popular classical ballet and much loved for its lush romantic score and heartbreaking love story. Prima ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina is outstanding in the challenging dual role of Odette, the white swan and Odile, her black swan rival. Presented by Darcey Bussell.
Part of the BBC Christmas 2009 season.
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