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- Veronika Part as Odette and Marcelo Gomes as Prince Siegfried in American Ballet Theater’s “Swan Lake,” in 2004.
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Princess Odette (voice) Kay Lenz ... Odille (voice) David Hemmings ... Rothbart (voice) Nancy Link ... Odette (English version) (voice) Steve Knode ... Siegfried (English version) (voice)
Apr 18, 2024 · By the lake, the swans anxiously await Odette’s return. She appears, heartbroken, and tells them of Siegfried’s betrayal. Doomed to remain a swan forever, the only escape is death – to be free from the curse, she must perish in the waves of the lake.
Of all the great classics performed by ABT today, Swan Lake remains the quintessential ballet. Cursed to spend eternity as a swan, Odette, once a beautiful princess, is only able to return to her human form in the hours of darkness. To break the spell, Odette’s true love must swear eternal fidelity and marry her.
Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (2010) focuses on two characters from Swan Lake-the Princess Odette, sometimes called the White Swan, and her evil duplicate, the witch Odile (the Black Swan), and takes its inspiration from the ballet's story, although it does not literally follow it.
- Classical ballet
- 4 March [O.S. 20 February] 1877, Moscow
Prologue. Taking a solitary walk by the lake, the young Princess Odette encounters the wicked Von Rothbart. Overcome with fear, she turns and runs in the hope of escaping his evil power. However, she is not quick enough, and Von Rothbart casts a spell on Odette, transforming her into a swan.
Jun 12, 2018 · How seriously should we take “Swan Lake”? It features a virtuous but wronged heroine, Odette, and her sophisticated nemesis, Odile, two roles generally played by one ballerina. White Swan...
Sasha De Sola in Tomasson’s Swan Lake // © Erik Tomasson. The Plot: That swan Siegfried sees? Turns out that’s Odette, who transforms back into a woman right as he’s about to shoot. He’s fascinated. She tells him her whole sad story: evil sorcerer, swan during the day, woman at night.
