However, Geltser was in all probability merely the first person to copy the scenario for publication, as a surviving copy bears his name. The most authoritative theory appears to be that it was written by Vladimir Petrovich Begichev, director of the Moscow Imperial Theatres during the time that the ballet was originally produced, and possibly Vasily Geltser, Danseur of the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre. The origins of the ballet Swan Lake are rather obscured, and since there are very few records concerning the first production of the work to have survived, there can only be speculation about who the author of the original libretto was. Gaanen for the décor of Act II of Swan Lake, Moscow, 1877 Origins of the Swan Lake composition Irish mythology has not been mentioned as a direct source of inspiration however, the episode known as Caer Ibormeith shares many of the same mythical elements and might be related to the German legend that inspired the ballet. The contemporaries of Tchaikovsky recalled the composer taking great interest in the life story of Bavarian King Ludwig II, whose tragic life had allegedly been marked by the sign of Swan and who-either consciously or not-was chosen as the prototype of the dreamer Prince Siegfried. The Russian folktale " The White Duck" also bears some resemblance to the story of the ballet, and may have been another possible source. The libretto is based on a story by the German author Johann Karl August Musäus, "Der geraubte Schleier" (The Stolen Veil), though this story provides only the general outline of the plot of Swan Lake.
According to Lopukhov, "both the plot of Swan Lake (despite the fact that it is based on German source), the image of the Swan and the very idea of a faithful love are essentially Russian". The Russian ballet patriarch Fyodor Lopuokhov has called Swan Lake a "national ballet" because of its swans, who originate from Russian lyrically romantic sources, while many of the movements of the corps de ballet originated from Slavonic ring-dances. Many critics have disputed the original source of the Swan Lake story. 1.3.4 Petipa-Ivanov-Drigo revival of 1895.1.2.1 Origins of the Swan Lake composition.Petersburg Imperial Theatre's chief conductor and composer Riccardo Drigo. For this revival, Tchaikovsky's score was revised by the St. Although it is presented in many different versions, most ballet companies base their stagings both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, first staged for the Imperial Ballet on January 15, 1895, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. The ballet received its premiere on February 20, 1877, at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as The Lake of the Swans. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger. It tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.
The scenario, initially in four acts, by Vladimir Begichev and Vasiliy Geltser was fashioned from Russian folk tales as well as an ancient German legend.
20, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed 1875–1876. Swan Lake ( Russian: Лебединое Озеро, Lebedínoye Ózero) is a ballet, op.
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