The opera aria behind the “White Swan” pas de deux
The "white swan" pas de deux from Swan Lake was originally an operatic duet from Tchaikovsky's opera "Undina". Here's a link to a performance of the original composition.
Jonathan Still, ballet pianist
Music, dance, IT, trivia. Not necessarily in that order.
The "white swan" pas de deux from Swan Lake was originally an operatic duet from Tchaikovsky's opera "Undina". Here's a link to a performance of the original composition.
Just published online, my chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Time in Music, "The politics of musical time in the everyday life of ballet dancers."