If only Tchaikovsky could know the soaring popularity of two of his best-known works, the ballets “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake.” After their debut, the pieces were largely dismissed by critics and ...

If you ask Septime Webre what’s so special about “Swan Lake”, he’ll tell you it’s the Tchaikovsky score, the themes and fantastical storyline and the classic choreography. “The music sweeps us into a ...

Pacific Symphony will present “Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake” December 4–6 as part of its 2025–26 Classical Series, conducted by guest conductor Tianyi Lu. The program will open with the United States ...

An original new production of the classic ballet “Swan Lake” will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Paramount Theater in the World Ballet Series. A 50-member ensemble will bring the ballet to ...

“Swan Lake,” with its fairy-tale elements — a prince, a princess, a villainous magician and a curse — will open the Virginia Arts Festival’s 2023 season this weekend with performances by the ...

A scene from the 2016 Colorado Ballet production of "Swan Lake." Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's masterful score got lost at the premiere in 1877, amidst criticism of the staging, the choreography and the ...

When “Swan Lake” premiered at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater in 1877, composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky didn’t have the best of days. Critics labeled Tchaikovsky’s new ballet as “too noisy and too Wagnerian ...