Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake DVD 2006 / The State Radio Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg / Conductor: Stanislas Gorkovenko / Starring Alexander Bogatyrev, Elena Chenchikova & Tatiana Golikova

A ballet in 4 acts

UPC 8717423028475

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN NETHERLANDS

AUDIO: Dolby digital 2.0

Playtime: 113 minutes

English Summary:

A complete ballet performance with the stars of the Bolshoi & Kirov Ballet.

This special is for world wide release. A full length Ballet Performance featuring stars of Kirov & Bolshoi including Yevgeni Neff, Ludmilla Kunakova, Tatjana Goilkova, Tisvin, Alexander Bogatyrev, Nadezhda Pavlova, Elena Chenchikova and the National Ballet Of St. Petersburg. With The State Radio Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg Conductor Stanislas Gorkovenko

Plot:

Prince Siegfried is celebrating his twenty first birthday and his mother tells him chat it is time for him to marry. He, However, prefers to go hunting. Alone, by a take he sees a swan who turns into human shape. She is an enchanted Princess who can only be saved by true love. He promises her his, but he is tricked by the wicked magician Von Rothbart who disguises his own daughter as the Swan maiden. Heartbroken, he returns to the lakeside and begs Odette's forgiveness; the power of Siegfried's love rescues Odette from Rothbart's power and eventually destroys the evil spell. The swan maidens are restored to human form and Odette and Siegfried are reunited in eternal happiness.