The Royal Opera House in London will offer their rendition of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," on Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The Oct.8 will be the season premiere at the English venue and will be brought to viewers until Nov. 24.
Tchiakovsky's work will be recreated by producer Anthony Dowell. The producer will have a sizable set of performers for his piece that will run for a month and longer.
The only constants in Dowell's production will be the Royal Opera House Orchestra with conductors Boris Gruzin and Barry Wordsworth sharing conducting duties.
The role of "Prince Siegfried," the star of the show will be handled throughout the season by Thiago Soares, Carlos Acosta, Rupert Pennefather, Nehemiah Kish, Steven McRae, Federico Bonelli and Johan Kobborg respectively.
Equally as mixed will be the role known as "Odette or Odile," Dowell has opted to use numerous personnel for the part. Marianela Nunez, Natalia Osipova, Sarah Lamb, Zenaida Yanowsky, Roberta Marquez, Lauren Cuthbertson and Alina Cojocaru have all been casted to play the part.
Christopher Saunders, Gary Avis, Bennet Gartside, David Pickering and Alastair Marriot will all play "Rothbart," in Dowell's work.
The producer has also gone for a large production team enlisting two choreographers to go along with the original choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Additional choreography will be done by Frederick Ashton and David Bintley.
Designs will be done by Yolanda Sonnabend, lighting designer will be Mark Henderson, production research was done by Roland John Wiley and staging is tasked to Christopher Carr.
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake is centered around "Odette," who is a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer. A tale played out in four acts.
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