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Nissinen’s new Swan Lake is a captivating achievement

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“Kuranaga fills every note with swan-like grace, and oozes into the intricacy of Tchaikovsky's score.”
Reviewed at Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston on 30 October 2014
Swan Lake (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov)
Boston Ballet
Jonathan McPhee, Conductor
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