Ballet in four acts.
Music: Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Marius Petipa
(1st and 3rd act),
Lev Ivanov (2nd and 4th act).

The central character is Princess Odette, who is turned into swan by the magician Rothbart.
At midnight she and her companions regain their human form for a few hours. On one such occasion she is met by Prince Siegfried who falls in love with her and swears to rescue her.
At a ball in the castle Siegfried is expected to choose his bride; the knight Rothbart appears with his daughter Odile in the form of a Black Swan, so that she looks exactly like Odette. She bewitches Siegfried , who becomes betrothed to her; Odette then appears. Siegfried now recognises that he has broken his oath and he rushes off to the lake, where Odette and her companions are mourning their fate. Siegfried acknowledges his faithlessness and is forgiven by her. Rothbart then conjures up a storm and the two lovers are drowned.
In some versions there is a happy ending.

The Thessalian Ballet was performed the "pas de trois" of the first act in Larissa (28-11-2002) and in Veria (30-11-2002). Soloists:
Ioanna Lagou,
Nikoleta Batzalexi,
Nikola Hatzitanef.