As every second Sunday in December, today we had the matinée "Rêve d'Enfants," organized by AROP (Association pour le Rayonement de l'Opera) so that more than a thousand kids can enjoy a performance of the Ballet of l'Opera de Paris. This year, fortunately, the ballet chosen was Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," my all-time favorite.
With the brilliant choreography of Rudolf Nureyev, created in 1964 and specially updated in 1984 for the Opera de Paris, it was a unique show: a marvelous luxury for the eyes, a display of pastel costumes and unreal light when all thirty swans appear on stage with their tutus, white as snow and purity... And the music! And the excellence of the dancers of l'Opera de Paris, who achieve such standards after hours and hours of repetitions and practice. Of course, there are no tickets from now on till February 2011.
I enjoyed it a lot and, as usual, when death captures the Princess-swan, leaving the Prince by himself, I choked with emotion...
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