enchantress
- n a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
- n a female sorcerer or magician
- Based on a Chekhov short story, the opera tells of a Circe-like enchantress who sits in an isolated farmhouse on blizzardy nights and without the knowledge of her aging husband .
- A magic fish, an enchantress-siren.
- But the enchantress was Baiul, 16, who presented herself elaborately costumed as the Black Swan in Tchaikovsky's ballet.