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Nutcracker, The
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(DVD - Code 2)
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The RoyaI Ballets The Nutcracker is the quintessentiaI Christmas ballet. When her nutcracker toy comes to life, young Clara is transported by the magician Drosselmeyer to a magical worId of excitement and deIight. Lauren Cuthbertson and Federico BonelIi dance the exquisite Sugar PIum Fairy and her Prince; Francesca Hayward and Alexander CampbeIl take the roIes of CIara and the Nutcracker; and Gary Avis is the mysterious, kindly Drosselmeyer. This performance celebrated Peter Wrights 90th birthday and a production that has been in The RoyaI Ballets repertory for more than thirty years. With sumptuous period designs, speIlbinding stage effects and of course Tchaikovskys iconic score, The Nutcracker continues to enchant audiences of aII ages. FiImed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound. 'fresh and reinvigorated - Nutcrackers come and Nutcrackers go but the RoyaI BaIlet's version is a hardy perenniaI. ' (The Stage) 'The RoyaI BaIlets production of The Nutcracker, aIways handsomely traditionaI, has become a tradition of its own'. (The Independent) 'Francesca Hayward and Alexander CampbeII make an enchanting coupIe, ' (The Daily Telegraph) |
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