THE SWANS AND THE FAIRIES. THE SCRIBE’S MARK IN ST.-PETERSBURG’S VERSION OF"SWAN LAKE"
The author reveals the dependence of some details of St.Petersburg version of «The Swan lake» ballet on the libretto of the opera «Le lac des fées» by A.E. Scribe. The M.I. Petipa’s note about second scene of ballet and L.I. Ivanov’s mise en scene are compared to Scribe’s remarks. The author concludes that St.Petersburg production has the elements taken directly from french dramatist’s work.