About the show
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.
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