Swan Lake: Royal Ballet Live

A live cinema screening of The Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, Liam Scarlett's production set to Tchaikovsky's score.

This is a live broadcast of The Royal Ballet's Swan Lake, screened at Wells Maltings. Liam Scarlett's production combines Tchaikovsky's score with John Macfarlane's designs, telling the story of Princess Odette, cursed by the sorcerer Von Rothbart, and Prince Siegfried's pledge of eternal love. The performance runs approximately 3 hours 25 minutes with two intervals, with choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov plus additional choreography by Liam Scarlett and Frederick Ashton, conducted by Koen Kessels.