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American Ballet Theatre\'s Sylvia at Segerstrom Hall
End Date: April 12, 2026
Start Time: Various
End Time: Various
Segerstrom Center For the Arts, 600 Town Center Dr., Costa Mesa, CA
2026-04-09
2026-04-12
America/Los_Angeles
American Ballet Theatre\'s Sylvia at Segerstrom Hall
A mythical soap opera full of desire, deception and forbidden romance.
Sylvia is a captivating ballet combining the elegance of classical ballet with elements of folklore and mythology.
The audience will be transported on an epic journey to the splendors of Ancient Greece. Here, in this world of short-tempered gods and fantastical creatures, an unlikely romance unfolds between the regal huntress Sylvia and the handsome but simple shepherd Aminta. As with all great love stories, their bond is put to the test time and time again - in life and in death - but love’s transformative power prevails!
This exciting revival of a rarely staged ballet was first performed in Paris over 150 years ago and has since attracted some of the world’s leading choreographers, including Ivanov, Ashton, Balanchine and Neumeier.
One of the world’s greatest and most distinctive choreographers and a principal architect of 20th-century classical ballet, Frederick Ashton's 1952 revival of Sylvia popularized the work and has become the basis for all productions since. This engagement of Sylvia is part of the Ashton Worldwide 2024–2028 festival, celebrating the universal appeal of Ashton’s ballets across the globe and fostering the spread and influence of his legacy.
Léo Delibes’s enchanting music adds an extra dimension to the show as his haunting melodies and rich orchestrations gracefully accompany the dancers' movements, helping to create a perfect harmony between the choreography and the music. In fact, Delibes’s score was so admired by Tchaikovsky that he purportedly declared: had he known the music existed at the time, he would never have composed Swan Lake!
Experience this bold retelling of a classic ballet, promising all the passion and humor of Greek myth, tangled love affairs and ballerinas with bows and arrows!
Segerstrom Center For the ArtsEvent Description
A mythical soap opera full of desire, deception and forbidden romance.
Sylvia is a captivating ballet combining the elegance of classical ballet with elements of folklore and mythology.
The audience will be transported on an epic journey to the splendors of Ancient Greece. Here, in this world of short-tempered gods and fantastical creatures, an unlikely romance unfolds between the regal huntress Sylvia and the handsome but simple shepherd Aminta. As with all great love stories, their bond is put to the test time and time again - in life and in death - but love’s transformative power prevails!
This exciting revival of a rarely staged ballet was first performed in Paris over 150 years ago and has since attracted some of the world’s leading choreographers, including Ivanov, Ashton, Balanchine and Neumeier.
One of the world’s greatest and most distinctive choreographers and a principal architect of 20th-century classical ballet, Frederick Ashton's 1952 revival of Sylvia popularized the work and has become the basis for all productions since. This engagement of Sylvia is part of the Ashton Worldwide 2024–2028 festival, celebrating the universal appeal of Ashton’s ballets across the globe and fostering the spread and influence of his legacy.
Léo Delibes’s enchanting music adds an extra dimension to the show as his haunting melodies and rich orchestrations gracefully accompany the dancers' movements, helping to create a perfect harmony between the choreography and the music. In fact, Delibes’s score was so admired by Tchaikovsky that he purportedly declared: had he known the music existed at the time, he would never have composed Swan Lake!
Experience this bold retelling of a classic ballet, promising all the passion and humor of Greek myth, tangled love affairs and ballerinas with bows and arrows!
