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Swan Lake (1966)

Swan Lake (1966)

Drama Music
Release Date: 1966, December 26
Directors: Truck Branss
Countries: Austria, Germany, United States of America
Production: ORF, ORF, Seven Arts Productions, Seven Arts Productions, United Productions of America, United Productions of America, WDR, WDR, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon
Cast: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn

Overview:

Perhaps the most popular ballet video ever released, this version of Tchaikovsky's beloved work stars one of the most famous classical dance partnerships of all time, Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. Nureyev choreographed this production for the Vienna State Opera Ballet. Two icons of 20th-century dance in magnificent form. Ballet authority John Lanchbery, former music director of the Sadler's Wells and Royal Ballet companies, as well as of American Ballet Theatre and Australian Ballet, conducts the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's enchanting score.

Keywords:

ballet swan lake