The International Classical Ballet Mainz dances “Le Lac des cygnes (Swan Lake)” at the Salle Métropole, in Lausanne, on Friday 20 November 2026 at 8 pm. The company presents a classical version.
The story
The ballet was commissioned from Tchaikovsky in May 1875 by Vladimir Begichev, director of the Imperial Theatres in Moscow. The composer wrote it in 1875 and 1876.
The work premiered on 4 March 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, with choreography by Julius Reisinger. The reception was lukewarm and Tchaikovsky considered it a failure.
After the composer’s death in 1893, Riccardo Drigo revised the score. Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov restaged the ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on 27 January 1895. Petipa choreographed the court scenes, Ivanov the lake scenes. Pierina Legnani danced Odette and Odile.
The International Classical Ballet Mainz brings together Ukrainian and German dancers. The company is based in Mainz. It has presented classical ballets every season for more than twenty years.
Who organises it
Zetia Event Organisation, in Paudex, organises the evening. The Salle Métropole hosts the show.
What to find
The ballet in a classical version, to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, by the International Classical Ballet Mainz. The name of the choreographer of this version and the cast have not yet been published.
Practical information
- Date, Friday 20 November 2026
- Times, doors at 7 pm, starts at 8 pm, ends around 10.20 pm
- Venue, Salle Métropole, rue de Genève 10, 1003 Lausanne
- Price, from CHF 57.20 to 100.90; children up to 12 and students, from CHF 28.50 to 49.10
- Age, from 6; under-16s must be accompanied by an adult
- Tickets, Ticketcorner
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Links
- Official site, Salle Métropole, Le Lac des cygnes
- All events across French-speaking Switzerland, Genève Infos Agenda
Sources
- Salle Métropole, Le Lac des cygnes, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Ticketcorner, Le Lac des cygnes, accessed on 14 November 2026
- JDS, International Classical Ballet Mainz, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Fnac Spectacles, Lac des cygnes, Ballet Mainz, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Marius Petipa Society, Swan Lake, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Wikipedia, Swan Lake, accessed on 14 November 2026
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