Title:
The nutcracker
Publication Information:
Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, c2010.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 p.)
General Note:
Ballet in two acts.
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London on 26 November and 2 December 2009.
Based on the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Extra features: Cast gallery ; rehearsing at White Lodge ; Peter Wright tells the story of the Nutcracker.
Genre:
Added Uniform Title:
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Wright, after Ivanov)
Summary:
From an imperial-era Russian Christmas party, a young girl named Clara is whisked in her dreams to an imaginary world populated by the animated creations of the wizard toy maker Drosselmeier. Clara innocently develops a crush on the imaginary Nutcracker prince. Upon her arrival in the Land of the Sweets, she dances a yearning pas de deux with the Nutcracker Prince. It makes the ballet far more interesting. The frequent involvement of Drosselmeyer throughout the ballet reinforces a magical effect. Tchaikovsky's musical setting of the Christmas fantasy with musical scenario revised by Peter Wright and the dancing of the Royal Ballet.
System Details:
DVD; DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 SURROUND, DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO; 16:9 ASPECT RATIO; ALL REGIONS.
Language Note:
ENGLISH, WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES IN FRENCH, GERMAN AND SPANISH (DOCUMENTARY).
