The composer of this work used material from his abandoned opera The Voyevada for its Grand adage and Valse des fiancées, and he regretted writing it after listening to Léo Delibes's ballet, Sylvia.
The composer of this work used material from his abandoned opera The Voyevada for its Grand adage and Valse des fiancées, and he regretted writing it after listening to Léo Delibes's ballet, Sylvia. The title location of this work was formed by the tears of the female lead's parents after she was abducted, and is visited by the protagonist on a hunting trip with his best friend, Benno. That character, Prince (*) Siegfried, is later tricked by the bird-sorcerer Von Rothbart into mistakenly swearing his love for his daughter Odile. For ten points, name this ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in which Odette is turned into the title white bird.
The composer of this work used material from his abandoned opera The Voyevada for its Grand adage and Valse des fiancées, and he regretted writing it after listening to Léo Delibes's ballet, Sylvia.
{Swan Lake}