Illusions like “Swan Lake”

In this narrative ballet, John Neumeier links the myth of the swan prince Siegfried with the tragic life story of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, who fell into madness, and contrasts his own creations with the old original choreography by Ivanov and Petipa from 1895. Recorded at the Hamburg State Opera in May 2001.

• Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyOriginal Music Composer
• John NeumeierDirector

• Jiří BubeníčekDer König
• Elizabeth LoscavioPrinzessin Natalia
• Anna PolikarpovaPrinzessin Odette
• Carsten JungDer Mann im Schatten
• Alexandre RiabkoGraf Alexander
• Silvia AzzoniPrinzessin Claire
• Anna GrabkaDie Königinmutter
• Lloyd RigginsPrinz Leopold
• Vello PähnSelf - Conductor