The lead female role of this ballet has a mother who formed the title object by crying constantly into it and is cursed by the evil owl shaped magician Rothbart; however she and Siegfried break the spell and rise to heaven at its end.
This work's initial failure was turned around by the master Joseph Hansen, who removed the indifferent Julius Reisinger from his post. Pavel Gerdt was the first person to play the lead role in it, but he was so skinny boned he couldn't even lift up a single ballerina. Act three begins with the male lead's birthday, being forced to choose a mate from six performing dances. The beginning of this work sees the protagonist given a crossbow and going hunting in the woods. The lead female role of this ballet has a mother who formed the title object by crying constantly into it and is cursed by the evil owl shaped magician Rothbart; however she and Siegfried break the spell and rise to heaven at its end. For 10 points, name this ballet about Odette, a Tchaikovsky musical piece about a woman who turns into a water fowl.
This work's initial failure was turned around by the master Joseph Hansen, who removed the indifferent Julius Reisinger from his post.
Swan Lake