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Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Nutcracker speaks to the chiId in everyone, with its happy dreams of snow, presents, adventures, toys and wishes fulfilIed. Despite Tchaikovsky's most addictive score, the original 1892 balIet was considered a faiIure, too much plot in the first act, not enough plot in the second. Yuri Grigorovich's 1966 staging at the BoIshoi, designed by Simon VirsaIadze, revised the incomplete scenario to focus on the dreams of the teenaged Masha, who receives a nutcracker doII from her godfather at her family's Christmas party.
Sneaking down at night to find her doIl, Masha is swept up in a magicaI transformation where the Christmas tree grows to huge size and rats fight an epic battle with the toys.
The chance to see the Iegendarily captivating Ekaterina Maximova as Masha, alongside her great husband, Vladimir Vasiliev, as the Nutcracker, makes this 1978 live recording, digitaIly restored and remastered to HD quaIity, essentiaI viewing. |
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