'Princess Odette' is the central character in which of Tchaikovsky's ballet's?
Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and, as Brown points out, has proved "indestructible" in popular appeal. The oboe solo associated with Odette and her swans, which first appears at the end of Act 1, is one of the composer's best–known themes. Tchaikovsky considered his next ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty", one of his finest works, according to Brown. The structure of the scenario proved more successful than that of "Swan Lake". While the prologue and first two acts contain a certain number of set dances, they are not designed for gratuitous choreographic decoration but have at least some marginal relevance to the main plot. These dances
The Princess (W. S. Gilbert play) The Princess (W. S. Gilbert play) The Princess is a blank verse farcical play, in five scenes with music, by W. S. Gilbert which adapts and parodies Alfred Lord Tennyson's humorous 1847 narrative poem, "The Princess: A Medley". It was first produced at the Olympic Theatre in London on 8 January 1870. Gilbert called the piece "a whimsical allegory ... a respectful operatic per-version" of Tennyson's poem. The play was a modest success, playing for about 82 performances through April and enjoying a provincial tour. Gilbert liked the theme so much that he adapted the play as the libretto to