Swan lake : the Royal Ballet / NVC Arts presents a Thames Television production in association with Covent Garden Video Productions Limited ; music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; [produced and directed for television by] John Michael Phillips.
Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ivanov and Petipa, M)
Notes:
Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Gerd Larsen, Derek Rencher; Royal Ballet, Norman Morrice, director; Orchestra of Sadler's Wells Ballet, Ashley Lawrence, conductor; artists of the Royal Ballet Company. Recorded July 28, 1980 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
Summary:
Prince Siegfried sees a swan on the lake who turns into the enchanted princess Odette. She can only be saved by the true love of another. This the Prince promises her, but he is tricked by a wicked magician who disguises his daughter as the swan-maiden. Siegfried and his love leap to their death thus destroying the evil power of the magician.
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