With “Swan Lake 2026 - Ballet and Orchestra,” they are taking everything big. It involves an international tour, under the name “The Swan Lake 2026,” which travels through several cities and specially descends on the RAI Theater. You get the full classical story of Swan Lake, with all the famous acts and music, performed by a great ballet company.
Important detail: a live orchestra is playing in the pit. No tape, no recording, but symphonic music rising directly from the hall. That combination of strings, winds and percussion with the choreography creates that quintessential ballet feel: the excitement of a concert, plus the precision of dancers moving precisely at every inset and pause.
The production is emphatically presented as traditional. So expect classic choreography, tutus, swan formations and Tchaikovsky's recognizable music performed in full. No conceptual twist, no experimental setting that tinkers with the story, but a version that stays close to the familiar, romantic Swan Lake. That also makes it suitable if you are going to ballet for the first time and want to see exactly that piece in its full glory for once.
That combination of strings, winds and percussion with the choreography creates that typical ballet feel
In the city, ballet is often linked to regular companies, but this tour adds to that: a touring, large-scale version of perhaps the most famous ballet in the world, temporarily descending on the RAI Theater. A chance to see Swan Lake with full cast, live orchestra and classical approach, in the middle of a convention hall that, for a moment, flips completely to theater.