Ballet in Two Acts

Libretto by Nina Ananiashvili, after Vladimir Begichev & Vasil Heltzer

Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Choreographic version and staging by Nina Ananiashvili and Alexey Fadeechev

World premiere: 20 February 1887, Moscow
The ballet was first presented in Tbilisi on 25 May 1907 at the Treasury Theatre, at Olga Preobrazhenskaya’s bénéfice
Premiere of the new version in Tbilisi: 21 May 2026

Odette/Odile - Nino Samadashvili
Prince Siegfried - Lorenzo Lodi

Staging Conductor: Levan Jagaev
Set Designer: David Monavardisashvili
Costume Designer: Cyrille Gassilline
Lighting Designer: Steen Bjarke

Principal Assistant to Staging Choreographers and Ballet Master: Tatyana Rastorgueva
Assistant to Staging Choreographers: Ekaterina Shavliashvili

Tbilisi Zakaria Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Levan Jagaev

Artistic Director of the State Ballet of Georgia: Nina Ananiashvili


*The late-comers will not be allowed in until the first intermission.