Swan Lake

Over the years, the libretto of Swan Lake has been modified, also giving happy endings to the story.

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For the first time in 1950, Konstantin Sergeyev staged a new version at the Mariinsky Theatre, mixing the version by Begichev and Gelcer with the one created by Petipa and Ivanov. The ending was changed to culminate in the happy lives of Odette and Siegfried. In Soviet Russia, as well as in China, it was often decided to stage the happy-ending version.