Royal London Ballet: Swan Lake
Discover an immortal story of faithful love in a classic production inspired by the traditional Russian school of ballet! On 25 November 2024 at the Peugeot Arena Bratislava, the Royal London Ballet will perform the masterful ballet Swan Lake. It features soloists who bring the best of their experience from national companies across Europe!
The world’s most famous ballet Swan Lake performed by the prestigious Royal London Ballet for the first time in Slovakia!
Enjoy performances by Prince Matthias Dingman, a Kirov Academy graduate who has danced with Birmingham National Ballet and National Ballet of Canada, among others. Also performing in Bratislava will be Artem Sorochan, who will not deny his famous ballet school of the Mariinsky Theatre and the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg, from which he drew his experience in engagements, especially at the Aalto Ballett Essen in Germany.
The third soloist in the role of the Wizard Rothbart, Sam Darwell, was also trained by a Czech international ballet star: Daria Klimentová is prima ballerina of several well-known companies, including the English National Ballet, and for several years a lecturer at the Royal Ballet School at the Royal Opera House.
Be enchanted by the fairytale atmosphere of Swan Lake performed by the Royal London Ballet and the spectacular set with a lake full of graceful swans.
The beautiful Princess Odette will be portrayed by Rosa Pierro, who trained at the renowned Viennese School and has dazzled audiences in Poland and Hungary in addition to her engagement with the National Ballet of Ireland. Elisabetta Formento, who studied at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow and has trained with many European companies, including Birmingham National Ballet, will also perform the double role of Odette and Odilia.
“P.I. Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake is the most famous ballet work in the world and we are delighted to be able to continue our tradition of Christmas ballet performances. The production team is committed to a spectacular performance, with the stage filled with graceful swans floating on the surface of the lake in the main scenes. The touching story of the romantic love of Prince Siegfried and the charming Odette is loved not only by ballet enthusiasts, but also by the general cultural audience. Thanks to the fairytale atmosphere and melodious music, the performance is also suitable for older children,” invites Zuzana Benediktová from the JVS Concert Agency.