The Royal Ballet

SWAN LAKE

LIVE: Thursday 22nd April 2027, 19:15 BST  

ENCORE: Sunday 25th April 2027, 14:00 BST

Approximate runtime: 3h 25min / 205min, Two Intervals 

Cast:

To be confirmed

Creatives: 

Choreography MARIUS PETIPA, LEV IVANOV 

Additional Choreography LIAM SCARLETT, FREDERICK ASHTON 

Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY 

Conductor KOEN KESSELS

Production LIAM SCARLETT 

Designer JOHN MACFARLANE 

Lighting Designer DAVID FINN

Synopsis: 

Princess Odette is bound by a curse, turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart. The spell can only be broken by a pledge of eternal love. When she meets Prince Siegfried, he is immediately enamoured by her fragile beauty and pledges to free her. But freedom is not promised for Odette as Von Rothbart conspires to thwart the lovers’ plans.

Liam Scarlett’s production for The Royal Ballet brings together Tchaikovsky’s towering score and John Macfarlane’s picturesque designs to create an enduring ballet spectacle of love, treachery and forgiveness.