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TCHAIKOVSHY’S NUTCRACKER PART II

With a simple cut-away transition, suddenly we are looking down on a surface of water and seeing a reflection of flower blossoms falling toward us from above. The actual blossoms meet their reflections and then skim away downstream on the...

TCHAIKOVSKY’S NUTCRACKER — PART I

By the 1930s Tchaikovsky’s (1840-1893) 25-minute suite of eight dances had completely eclipsed his full-length three-hour ballet written in 1892 a year before the composer’s death. No longer, however: the full two-act ballet nowadays has become a Christmastime staple. Still,...

BLUE FAIRY APPEARS

Time for bed and this household’s denizens settle in for the night: Geppetto under a beautifully quilted coverlet, Figaro alongside in his own little bed with its hand-carved headboard depicting an angelic haloed kitten praying and Cleo in her fishbowl’s...