The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

Matt Roush says...

There’s more to the Nutcracker than the classic and oft-performed ballet. Conductor/educator John Mauceri, leading the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conceived this special, which aims to put the holiday chestnut in context with the original E.T.A. Hoffman novella (published in 1816) and to reveal what happened to the girl and the prince after the dancing stops. Alan Cumming is the narrator of the musical event, with Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet score enhanced by music from the composer’s tone poems and orchestral suites.

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