Schwanensee at Wiener Staatsoper GmbH

On October 15, 1964, the ballet world in Vienna looked. Rudolf Nurejew, the most important dancer of the second half of the 20th century, had, at the time 26-jährig, elaborated for the Vienna State Opera Ballet his version of Swan Lake, the most important work of Ballet throughout the literature. The performance of ballet history. Three years after his descent in the West had succeeded the from the Soviet Union, Nureyev, to enrich the reception of the Tchaikovsky ballet to a new, convincing interpretation bout choreographed different lines. His guiding principle was the appreciation of the male lead role and their equality with the lot of the ballerina.
Until 2009 brings more than 200 times in the House at the ring and guest performances, Manuel Legris now DuPont fifty years ago incurred Viennese Swan Lake back to the stage. Luisa Spinatelli, is responsible for the new equipment, which is inspired by the fantastic world of Bavarian King Ludwig II..