Tchaikovsky Swan Lake

Among the most famous of all ballets, Swan Lake (Russian: Лебединое озеро) was composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky in 1875 and 1876. Adapted from Russian folk tales, it tells the story of a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) was a great Russian composer whose music is characterized by its magnificent melodies and sweeping orchestration. He wrote some of the most popular music in the classical repertoire, including the 1812 Overture, the first piano concerto, the violin concerto, the symphonies, the opera Eugene Onegin, and the ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker.