Video: Get an exclusive look at Bolshoi Ballet's Swan Lake dress rehearsal The Bolshoi Ballet returns to the Royal Opera House with the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre for a three-week season of new ballet productions, marking the 50th anniversary of its first visit to Covent Garden under the banner of Victor Hochhauser. The season opens with Swan Lake, one of the most famous of all ballets, in which the love of Prince Siegfried and his Swan Queen, Odette, is threaten by sinister supernatural forces. Set to Tchaikovsky's lyrical score, the magic and drama of the story unfold in a production by choreographer Yuri Grigorovich. Victor Hochhauser presents The Bolshoi Ballet at the Royal Opera House (until Saturday August 17)