Sunday 13 December 2009

Nutcracker advent calendar


Now for a bit of culture. Try out this beautiful advent calendar which gives you a clip of the Nutcracker ballet every day up until Christmas.
Welcome to the Opus Arte Advent Calendar – an interactive calendar that celebrates the magic of The Nutcracker and celebrates Opus Arte’s 2009/2010 cinema season; a season that features the very finest opera, ballet, music and theatre from The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, King’s College Cambridge, Shakespeare’s Globe, Teatro Real, Madrid and the Liceu, Barcelona in cinemas across the country. To see where the Nutcracker is being performed this Christmas season please click on the link provided and enjoy the performances day-by-day!

2 comments:

Renegade Eye said...

I'm a big time Nutcracker Ballet fan.

Did you know there is a Duke Ellington version?

Madam Miaow said...

What, Tchaikovsky played by Ellington? Sounds wonderful, Ren.

Did a search and find there's a City Ballet production happening in Los Angeles on 19th December, but only two performances. I'd love to see this.
http://la.metblogs.com/2009/12/10/city-ballets-nutcracker-swings-duke-ellington-does-tchaikovsky/

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