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Candlelight Ballet: Swan Lake vs Giselle ⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Chicago. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Swan Lake vs Giselle at Thalia Hall under the gentle glow of candlelight.
General Info
📍 Venue: Thalia Hall
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show and close 5 minutes prior to the start. Late arrivals will not be permitted
👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
♿ Accessibility: this venue is ADA compliant
❓ View the FAQs for this event here
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Chicago
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Tentative Program
ACT I – SWAN LAKE (Tchaikovsky)
Performers
Seating Map

General Info
📍 Venue: Thalia Hall
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show and close 5 minutes prior to the start. Late arrivals will not be permitted
👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
♿ Accessibility: this venue is ADA compliant
❓ View the FAQs for this event here
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Chicago
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Tentative Program
ACT I – SWAN LAKE (Tchaikovsky)
- Swan Lake – Introduction / Scene (Act II)🩰
- Waltz🩰
- Odette’s Theme (Act II, Adagio)🩰
- Siegfried’s Solo🩰
- Pas de Deux🩰
- Mazurka
- Intro to Giselle
- Act 1 Entrance of Giselle🩰
- Act 1 Waltz and Dance🩰
- Act 1 Giselle Solo🩰
- Wilis’ Entrance / Graveyard Scene
- Giselle and Albrecht Pas de Deux🩰
Performers
- Listeso String Quartet
- The Ballet Agency Dancers
Seating Map

User reviews
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4.8 /5
based on 115 reviews
- It was an exceptional experience.
- What a beautiful evening, thank you!
- Friendly staff and beautiful music! It was our first Candlelight event and we loved it!
- Friendly staff, great location and superb artist. It was a great event. Highly recommended
- Gorgeous music, venue heavenly indeed
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Thalia Hall
Thalia Hall is a historic music venue and restaurant in Chicago that was initially built as a public hall in 1892. It has been restored and now features multiple dining and bar options, including Duse...
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