Semperopera”s Swan Lake moves forward to a heightened emotional and psychological performance!!
The renowned Semperoper Dresden Ballet under the artistic direction of Canadian Aaron S. Watkin, has just whirled through Ottawa this past weekend with their moving romantic performance of Swan Lake, one of the world’s most famous narrative ballets.
Set to the music of Tchaikovsky, performed by the orchestra of the NAC under the direction of Mikhail Agrest, the tragic story inspired by Russian folk tales concerns the handsome prince Siegfried who falls in love with Odette, the young woman bewitched by an evil magician who can only retain her human form for a brief time every day but who can be released from the spell if she has the true love of a human. …