Swan Lake (1895) - Drigo's Edition of The Score

Drigo's Edition of The Score

NOTE - the numbers of each of the dances/scenes correspond with Tchaikovsky's original score. The titles of each of the dances/scenes come from the published libretto and the program of the premiere of the 1895 revival, most being different than the titles of the original score. Although this list indicates the most prominent changes to each individual dance/scene, it does not list such changes as deletions of bars of music, etc.

Act I (scene 1) (originally Act I)

• Introduction
• No. 1 Scène première
• No. 4 Pas de trois

no.4-1 Entrée

no.4-2 Andante sostenuto - DELETED

no.4-3 Variation 1 (changed from Allegro Semplice to Allegro Moderato)

no.4-4 Variation 2

no.4-5 Variation 3

no.4-6 Coda

• No. 3 Scène
• No. 2 Valse champêtre
• No. 6 Scène d'action
• No. 7 (pt.1) Introduction to the Danse au cliquetis de verres (Sujet)
• No. 8 (pt.2) Danse au cliquetis de verres
• No. 9 Départ des chasseurs

Act I (scene 2) (originally Act II)

• No. 14 Introduction (No. 14 used as an introduction)
• No. 10 Scène et entrée d'Odette
• No. 11 Scène dansante
• No. 12 Entrée des cygnes
• No. 13 Grand pas des cygnes

no.13-1 Valse des Cygnes

no.13-5 Grand Adagio (a.k.a. the Love Duet or the White Adagio) (new ending composed by Drigo, inserted at bar 94)

no.13-4 Danse des petits Cygnes (the famous Dance of the Little Swans)

no.13-6 Danse Générale (a.k.a. Dance of the Big Swans) (changed from Ab major to A major)

no.13-2 Variation d'Odette

no.13-7 Coda Générale

no.13-3 Tempo di valse - DELETED

• No. 14 Scène et final

Act II (originally Act III)

• No. 15 Grand Marche
• No. 16 Ballabile: Dance of the Corps de Ballet and the Dwarves - DELETED
• No. 17 Valse des Fiancées (edited to conform with the new libretto)
• No. 18 Entrée d'Odile
• No. 19 Grand Pas de six - DELETED
• Appendix I: Pas de deux for Mme. Anna Sobeshchanskaya (a.k.a. Tchaikovsky Pas de deux) - DELETED
• Appendix II: Russian Dance for Mlle. Pelagia Karpakova - DELETED
• Grand Divertissement -

No. 21 Pas Espagnol (Spanish Dance)

No. 22 Danse Vénitienne (Neopolitan/Venetian Dance)

No. 20 Pas Hongrois (Hungarian Dance)

No. 23 Mazurka

• No. 5 Grand Pas d'action (a.k.a. The Black Swan Pas de Deux, fashioned from the Pas de deux for Two Merry-makers)

no.5-1 Entrée

no.5-2 Grand Andante (new ending composed by Drigo, inserted at bar 75)

no.5-3 Variation for Alexander Gorsky (for the 1895 production, Gorsky performed as an additional suitor to assist Pavel Gerdt in partnering Pierina Legnani. Gorsky danced a variation set to the Tempo di Valse from Tchaikovsky's original Pas de deux, which was given a slightly modified ending.)

--Interpolation (1935?) - Variation Chabukiani aka Variation of Prince Siegfried (this is the familiar variation danced by Prince Siegfried. It was fashioned from the omitted allegro ending of no.5-2. It is historically credited to have been danced for the first time by the Kirov Ballet's Premier danseur Vakhtang Chabukiani in 1935. It is likely that it was inserted into the ballet at an earlier time since by 1935 it was also found in western productions of Swan Lake, notably the Sadler's Wells Ballet's production.)

--Interpolation no.1 - Variation Mlle. Pierina Legnani (variation for Odile, orch. by Drigo from Tchaikovsky's Op.72 for Piano -No.12 "L'Espiègle")

no.5-4 Coda

• No. 24 Scène (reprise of the Waltz from No. 17 deleted)

Act III (originally Act IV)

• No. 25 Entr'acte
• No. 26 Scène - DELETED
• No. 27 Dance of the Little Swans - DELETED
• Interpolation no.2 - Valse des Cygnes (a.k.a. Waltz for White and Black Swans, orch. by Drigo from Tchaikovsky's Op.72 for Piano -No.11 "Valse Bluette")
• No. 28-Pt.1 Scène (ends at bar 26. Continues after the next number)
• Interpolation no.3 - Scène Dansante (inserted after bar 26 of No.28, orch. by Drigo from Tchaikovsky's Op.72 for Piano -No.15 "Un poco di Chopin")
• No. 28-Pt.2 Scène (continues at bar 27. The so-called "storm music" was deleted)
• No. 29 Scène et final. Apothéose