《天鹅湖》剧情介绍

一幕

城堡的露台上，齐格弗里德王子正在庆祝他的成年。他的朋友们纷纷向他表达祝贺。调皮的小丑逗乐在场的宾客们。

仆人们宣布齐格弗里德母亲的到来。她送给王子一把中世纪的十字弓作为礼物，并提醒他，第二天晚上的舞会上他必须选出自己的新娘。

天黑了，宾客们渐渐离开。齐格弗里德渴望独处。即将到来的明天令他感到沮丧。突然间，王子看到天空中出现一群白天鹅，他急忙跑到湖边。

二幕

森林深处的湖边，上岸的天鹅变成了少女，齐格弗里德放下弓箭，他被她们难以置信的美丽惊呆了。

天鹅的女王奥杰塔解释说，他们都被邪恶的魔王罗斯巴特施了魔咒，只有忠诚的爱的力量才能摧毁魔王的魔咒。齐格弗里德发誓永远爱她。奥杰塔警告年轻人，如果他违背了他的誓言，没有人能帮助他们。

黎明到来。天鹅们又一次游进了湖里。奥杰塔向齐格弗里德告别。

三幕

城堡的舞会上，来自不同国家的美丽少女们出现在王子的面前，但没有一位可以引起他的关注。他的心属于奥杰塔。只有在母亲的坚持下，齐格弗里德才不得不对在场的年轻女士们表现得彬彬有礼。

号角声宣告新客人的到来。魔王罗斯巴特假扮成高贵的骑士，和他的女儿奥吉莉娅出现在舞会上。齐格弗里德很困惑——这位少女长得很像他心爱的奥杰塔。然而奥吉莉娅没有给王子思考的时间。她引诱他，使他神魂颠倒——王子被她迷住了，向她表白。从此以后，她就是他的新娘!

魔王罗斯巴特赢了。齐格弗里德违背了他对奥杰塔的誓言，这意味着没有爱和忠诚:没有什么能抵挡罗斯巴特的力量。那一刻，齐格弗里德发现了站在窗边的奥杰塔，他明白了这一切都是可怕的骗局，自己是受害者。年轻人冲向湖边，去找奥杰塔。

四幕

夜晚，在湖边，奥杰塔向她的朋友们解释了魔王罗斯巴特的骗局和齐格弗里德的无意背叛。王子出现了，请求原谅，承诺弥补他的罪行，并向魔王提出决战。

邪恶魔法的力量被终结，初升太阳的光芒赐予了生命、爱和幸福。

Swan Lake Performance Synopsis

ACTⅠ

Festivities are underway on a terrace of the castle. Prince Siegfried is celebrating his coming of age and friends congratulate him. The mischievous Jester entertains those present.

Servants announce the arrival of the sovereign princess, Siegfried’s mother. She offers him an arbalest (a medieval crossbow) as a gift and reminds him that the time has come for him to choose a bride at the next evening’s ball.

It grows dark and guests leave. Siegfried yearns to remain alone. He is depressed by obscure premonitions. Seeing a flock of white swans in the sky, the Prince rushes off to the lake.

ACTⅡ

At the lake, located in the thick of a forest, swans coming ashore are transformed into young women, and Siegfried lowers his arbalest, stunned by their incredible beauty.

The queen of the swans, Odette, explains that all of them are under the spell of the evil magician, Baron Von Rothbart, and only the power of a faithful love is able to destroy the sorcerer’s spell. Siegfried vows eternal love to her. Odette warns the youth that if he breaks his vow, no one will ever be able to help them.

Dawn approaches. Once again swans swim into the lake. Odette bids Siegfried farewell.

ACTⅢ

At the ball in the castle, beauties from various countries appear before the Prince, but not one captures his attention. His heart belongs to Odette. Only at this mother’s insistence is Siegfried polite to the young ladies.

Trumpets sound announcing the arrival of new guests. Impersonating a noble knight, the sorcerer Von Rothbart appears with his daughter, Odile. Siegfried is confused – this beauty looks unusually like his beloved Odette. But Odile does not give the Prince time to collect himself. She lures him on, charms and captivates him – and the Prince, carried away by her, makes a declaration of love. Henceforth, she is to be his bride!

Von Rothbart trimphs. Siegfried has broken his oath to Odette, which means there is no love or faithfulness: nothing can withstand Von Rothbart’s power. For a moment, Odette is revealed to Siegfried in the window, and understanding the terrible deception of which he is victim, the youth rushes to the lake, to Odette.

ACTⅣ

At night, at the edge of the lake, Odette explains Von Rothbart’s deceitfulness and Siegfried’s unintentional betrayal to her friends. The Prince appears, begs forgiveness, promising to redeem his misdeed and challenges Von Rothbart to single combat.

An end has come to the power of evil wizardry, and the rays of the rising sun grant life, love and happiness.