The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King".
The Nutcracker is one of the composer's most popular compositions. The music belongs to the Romantic Period and contains some of his most memorable melodies, several of which are frequently used in television and film. (They are often heard in TV commercials shown during the Christmas season.) The Trepak, or Russian dance, is one of the most recognizable pieces in the ballet, along with the famous Waltz of the Flowers and March, as well as the ubiquitous Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The composer's reverence for Rococo and late 18th-century music can be detected in passages such as the Overture, the "Entr?e des parents", and "Tempo di Grossvater" in act 1.
Admission/Cost: $21.50 - $42.00
Location:
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
340 N Escondido Blvd
Escondido, CA 92025
Saturday, December 22 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Sunday, December 23 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
The Nutcracker is one of the composer's most popular compositions. The music belongs to the Romantic Period and contains some of his most memorable melodies, several of which are frequently used in television and film. (They are often heard in TV commercials shown during the Christmas season.) The Trepak, or Russian dance, is one of the most recognizable pieces in the ballet, along with the famous Waltz of the Flowers and March, as well as the ubiquitous Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The composer's reverence for Rococo and late 18th-century music can be detected in passages such as the Overture, the "Entr?e des parents", and "Tempo di Grossvater" in act 1.
Admission/Cost: $21.50 - $42.00
Location:
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
340 N Escondido Blvd
Escondido, CA 92025
Saturday, December 22 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Sunday, December 23 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
