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Swan Lake is considered a quintessential ballet, but its original performance and several revival attempts were critically panned and only modestly profitable. Tchaikovsky died without realizing he'd crafted an enduring classic. How did subsequent revivals catapult it to fame?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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