Swan Lake Lima Season Runs to 3 October 2026 in Peru
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Key Facts
- —What Ballet Municipal de Lima performs Swan Lake, after the Petipa and Ivanov choreography, staged by Carlos Valcárcel.
- —When The season runs to Saturday, 3 October 2026. Four performances have a live orchestra: 26 and 27 September at 6:00 pm, 1 and 2 October at 8:00 pm, Peru time.
- —Where Teatro Municipal de Lima, Jirón Ica 377, in the historic centre.
- —Who plays The Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Municipal de Lima, conducted by Carlos Calleja, in the four orchestra performances.
- —Tickets Sold by Teleticket and the theatre box office. Orchestra performances run from 32 to 500 soles, about 9 to 148 US dollars.
The Swan Lake Lima season closes on 3 October 2026, and four of its performances are played with a live orchestra rather than recorded music.
What Is on Stage at the Teatro Municipal de Lima
The Ballet Municipal de Lima is performing Swan Lake at the Teatro Municipal de Lima, in Peru, until Saturday, 3 October 2026. The season opened on 11 September 2026. Sixteen performances are scheduled in total.
Four of those performances are played with a live orchestra. The Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Municipal de Lima takes the pit on 26 and 27 September at 6:00 pm, and on 1 and 2 October at 8:00 pm.
The remaining performances use a recorded score. That is the usual arrangement for a long ballet run, because an orchestra adds substantial cost to every date.
Carlos Calleja conducts the orchestra performances. The staging is by Carlos Valcárcel, working from the nineteenth-century choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov.
The Work and the Company
Swan Lake is a four-act ballet with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, first staged in Moscow in 1877. The version most companies dance today follows the 1895 revival in St Petersburg.
The story concerns Prince Siegfried and Odette, a young woman held under a spell in the form of a swan. A deception involving her double, Odile, drives the second half.
The Ballet Municipal de Lima is the resident company of the theatre. This production is a joint effort between the company and the city government of Lima.
A guest dancer appears in four of the sixteen performances. The theatre describes him as an artist with experience at San Francisco Ballet and the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
The running time is about two hours, according to the ticketing listing. That figure normally includes an interval, although the theatre has not broken the timing down.
Tickets and Prices
Teleticket and the theatre box office sell the tickets. Prices depend on the seating area and on whether the performance has an orchestra.
For performances without an orchestra, the listed range runs from 16 to 450 soles. That is roughly 5 to 133 US dollars at 3.3757 soles to the dollar.
For the four orchestra performances, the range runs from 32 to 500 soles, or about 9 to 148 dollars. The premium reflects the cost of the players in the pit.
Those lower figures are real rather than symbolic. A seat in the upper gallery at this theatre costs less than a cinema ticket in much of Lima.
The range is wide because the theatre has several levels. A seat in the stalls and a seat in the top gallery are priced very differently for the same performance.
What This Means If You Live in Lima
Ballet with a live orchestra is not a weekly event in Lima. Four dates in one season is a narrow window, and two of them fall in the closing week.
The theatre is in the historic centre, at Jirón Ica 377. That places it within walking distance of the Plaza Mayor and the main museums of the old city.
Evening visits to the centre need a little planning. Many residents take a taxi or ride app back rather than walking, and the streets quiet down quickly after the theatres empty.
For families, the work is an accessible entry point. There is no spoken text, the story is carried by movement, and language is therefore not an obstacle for children or for new arrivals.
Booking ahead matters more for the orchestra dates than for the rest. Those four performances carry the higher price and the narrower supply, and two of them close the season.
The Wider Picture for Stage Work in Peru
Lima’s publicly funded companies carry much of the city’s classical programming. The ballet, the choir and the symphony orchestra all sit under municipal or national structures.
That model keeps prices low. Entry seats in the range of five dollars exist because the productions are subsidised, not because demand is weak.
It also shapes the calendar. Seasons cluster into blocks of a few weeks, rather than running continuously as they do in cities with larger commercial theatre markets.
For residents deciding how much cultural life Lima offers, the honest answer is uneven but real. The peaks are strong and cheap, and the quieter months between them are genuinely quiet.
The building itself is part of the appeal. The Teatro Municipal is a traditional tiered theatre in the old city, and its scale suits a nineteenth-century ballet better than a modern hall would.
Sources
- Agencia Andina — El Lago de los Cisnes en el Teatro Municipal de Lima
- Teleticket — El Lago de los Cisnes, official ticketing page
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the Swan Lake Lima season end?
The season closes on Saturday, 3 October 2026. It opened on 11 September 2026 and covers sixteen performances in total. Four of those are played with a live orchestra.
Which performances have a live orchestra?
Four dates do: 26 and 27 September at 6:00 pm, and 1 and 2 October at 8:00 pm, Peru time. The Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Municipal de Lima plays, conducted by Carlos Calleja. The other performances use a recorded score.
How much do tickets cost?
Orchestra performances are listed from 32 to 500 soles, about 9 to 148 US dollars at 3.3757 soles to the dollar. Performances without an orchestra run from 16 to 450 soles. Teleticket and the theatre box office sell them.
Where is the Teatro Municipal de Lima?
It is at Jirón Ica 377, in the historic centre of Lima. The theatre is within walking distance of the Plaza Mayor. It is the home of the Ballet Municipal de Lima.
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