Teatro Teresa Carreño will premiere the Christmas ballet The Nutcracker

Published at: 18/11/2024 11:55 AM

From December 6 to 22, the famous Christmas ballet The Nutcracker returns to the Ríos Reyna room of the Teresa Carreño Theater, with the renowned and traditional version by Maestro Vicente Nebrada and the music of Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky.

The official premiere of The Nutcracker will take place on Friday in a special presentation for communities. In addition, 22 performances will be offered from December 7 to 15, from Wednesday to Friday, at 6:30pm, and Saturday and Sunday in double function, at 11:00am and 5:00pm.

Meanwhile, from December 18 to 22, the performances will be in double batches from Wednesday to Sunday, at 11:00am and 5:00pm.

The 28th season of the show will feature the participation of the Teresa Carreño Theater Ballet and the Teresa Carreño Youth Ballet from centers of Caracas, Nueva Esparta and Lara, under the direction of master repertoires Inés Rojas, Cristina Gallardo, Adriana Estrada and Javier Solano.

The music, which Tchaikovsky composed between 1891 and 1892 for the original production premiered at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg on December 18, 1892, will be performed by the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the teachers: Alfonso López Chollet, Daniel Gil and teacher Elisa Vegas.

In Venezuela, Vicente Nebrada's version stands out for maintaining the essence of the original Russian ballet, as well as for the impeccable balance that the Creole dancer brought to it by combining music, scenography, stage movements and special effects with choreography.

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