{"id":1127,"date":"2023-05-11T03:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T03:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/05\/11\/swan-is-reborn-in-all-her-beauty-swan-lake-at-the-royal-opera-house\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T03:53:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T03:53:01","slug":"swan-is-reborn-in-all-her-beauty-swan-lake-at-the-royal-opera-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/swan-is-reborn-in-all-her-beauty-swan-lake-at-the-royal-opera-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Swan is reborn in all her beauty: Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"60.148631840796\">\n<p>                <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/6.50.5\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/8.29.1\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if gte IE 8]><!--> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-fff\/2.4.1\/styles\/fff.css\" \/> <!--<![endif]-->  <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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There are too many mediocre performances of this box-office cert, and one can weary of its charms.<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But that\u2019s not the case with the Royal Ballet\u2019s revival of Anthony Dowell\u2019s 1987 production, with its gorgeously gilded Art Nouveau sets by Yolanda Sonnabend. Here all seems new-minted and exciting. <\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Much credit should go to\u00a0 Boris Gruzin, who conducts\u00a0 a magnificent account of Tchaikovsky\u2019s thunderous score. Gary Avis is splendidly melodramatic as the demonic Rothbart, and rising star Dawid Trzensimiech shines in the Act 1 pas de trois.<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Claire Calvert and Helen Crawford catch the eye as the two leading swans, and the corps de ballet are in fine fettle too.<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But what makes this Swan\u00a0 Lake unforgettable are Natalia Osipova as Odette and Odile,\u00a0 and Carlos Acosta as the hapless Prince Siegfried.<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Currently a guest of the Royal Ballet, Osipova comes from the heart of the Russian tradition. Her physique and technique are breathtaking. She has a gloriously supple back and long willowy arms, and a strength and precision in her legs that allows her to tackle Odile\u2019s celebrated party trick of turning 32 fouett\u00e9s as if it were child\u2019s play. <\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More important, she is a wonderfully musical and sensitive artist, who controls her speed and phrasing to make every movement richly expressive. Only in her mid-20s, she is slightly more convincing as man-eating Odile than fragile Odette. But at the climax she brings emotional grandeur to the way she forgives Siegfried and faces death.<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Acosta is every inch her equal, and dances with a ravishing smoothness and softness of line. Jumping with the grace of a big cat, he partners Osipova with the perfect manners of a true gentleman. 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