Illusions like “Swan Lake”

Movie

Starring Jiří Bubeníček, Elizabeth Loscavio, Anna Polikarpova, Carsten Jung

In this narrative ballet, John Neumeier links the myth of the swan prince Siegfried with the tragic life story of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, who fell into madness, and contrasts his own creations with the old original choreography by Ivanov and Petipa from 1895. Recorded at the Hamburg State Opera in May 2001.