The Nutcracker Act2. - 5. (Royal Ballet -2008)

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 28 Dec. 2008.
CAST:
Sugar Plum Fairy: Alexandra Ansanelli,
Prince: Valeri Hristov,
Drosselmeyer: Gary Avis,
Clara: Iohna Loots,
Nephew / Nutcracker: Ricardo Cervera.

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Entertainment

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• Nutcracker

[CamilleNadia]

This is a MAGNIFICENT show. I grew up on the NYC Ballet version, and frankly, I think this is much better.

[STIRKDAWG]

@BarbieGirlDolls100 Sorry. Get over it. Tell Petipa & Ivanov. Oh wait! You can't. They're dead.

[drewqq]

@Zicoxite Wow that's funny--I loved this for the more realistic way it ended--something I'd never seen before. I never did like the ending of Nutcracker until now. For the rest I have to agree a little bit--they seemed so worried about uniformity that some of the character suffered.  But still far and away better than NYC ballet--in inventiveness, costumes, scenery, dancers. And I've gone to NYC ballet at least a dozen times (had two friends who danced in the company years ago.)

[UChooseK7H]

@STIRKDAWG That's quite intense.

[danceizmyworld]

@horrorfanatic6990 The Royal Ballet doesn't include Mother Ginger in their Nutcracker, so you didn't miss it:)

[Zicoxite]

As much as I usually love the Nutcracker, this rendition is probably my least favorite. The dancers and musicians all did a splendid job, don't get me wrong, but I don't care for the changes the higher-ups made to the show. They left out entire numbers, drained all the character out of others, and changed the ending a lot. Making the Nutcracker Prince into Drosselmeyer's son? Sorta came out of nowhere. As I said, the performers were all superb, but I just can't bring myself to like it.

[bigbandsrock1]

Soooooooooooooooo beautiful! I'm awash! The Nutcracker is an absolutely treasure! What a magnificent production!

[mimprincesa]

the best part of this ballet was the handsome prince :D Perfectly grafeful and looks like a God! Pardon my shallowness but he IS divine. :D

[MrMrmike5]

@RstJMusician Because you, as a musical genius equal only to Mozart, can quite easily surpass Tchaikovsky and write a ballet to end all ballets. Theres a reason why the Nutcracker is performed every year and its not because it slightly pertains to christmas

[RstJMusician]

Great dancing, horrid composition. Other than the Disney bits, Tchaikovsky's masterwork is a snoozer. It's like two different people wrote this: one, a genius composer; the other, a driveling bore. I swear you can hear the audience look at their wristwatches during Act I.

[Frach438]

This is the best Nutcracker production I have ever scene and I have been to the Met in NY twice to watch it. Bravo, Royal Ballet!

[ladygreenleaves]

Beautiful! I want to go see this in person now!

I am sad there isn't a Mother Gigogne though. But even without it that was one, if not the best, production I have ever seen of The Nutcracker.