Monday, December 18, 2006

Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker

Opened today in 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Tchaikovsky didn't like the ballet, considered it a less successful piece.

http://www.nutcrackerballet.net/html/nutcracker_music.html
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/music1/nutcracker.html

2 comments:

Susan Macatee said...

But the ballet was what made it such a successful Christmas staple.

Kristin-Marie said...

It is the annual performance I've attended the most...What did he know?