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    from a 2008 production of “Swan Lake“ at the Royal Swedish Opera

        _________________________

did you know that the girl in “Swan Lake“

is called Odette, my mom asked when I

told her I’d been looking it up, my mom’s

name is Odette

I’m the one who told you, I said, and

incidentally, I continued, she’s not a 

girl, she’s a swan, which left my mom, 

of course, flummoxed, indeed mum

a day later, we watched it 

there she is, I pointed out, when Odette

made her appearance, fluttering in on

tiptoes from the wings, every single 

inch a swan

as was equally the prince, in this

magnificent production of the Kirov, 

every single inch a prince

watch

here’s the “Swan Lake Suite“, however

how is it different

listen

R ! chard

psst: if you said the Suite is a collection

         of miscellaneous excerpts from

         the ballet strung together but with 

         instruments only, no sets, no 

         costumes, no dancers, you’re right, 

         the Suite can give you a taste of 

         the complete work, though it 

         stands magnificently enough, 

         thank you very much, on its own 

         enjoy