That reminds me, the worst version of ``Swan Lake'' I've seen is performed in Zurich Opera.
1. Faggot ending. Odette must kill herself, and if Rotbart dies, it is because other swans eat him afterwards. Seriously, how difficult is that. The music is suggesting. The Petipa's choreography of the last part is explicit and definite. It's like if Hamlet killed the King and Laertes and lived happily ever after. Shame.
2. No decorations, plain costumes. I once said that I wouldn't miss elaborate costumes much if they were replaced with something basic, but oh boy I was wrong. Decorations too, although I still disapprove of mechanized ones.
The second worth production had an orchestra that lacked a harp.