6/3/2023 0 Comments Royal opera house live![]() I always wonder how just many audience members can see what goes on inside Drosselmeyer’s workshop: the portrait of his nephew, Hans-Peter, coming alive as the anguished Nutcracker the wrapping of the Christmas Angel as a present for the Stahlbaums’ tree.That shapeless angel is a blob to anyone without opera glasses. It ruins the illusion that the performers are totally identified with their characters.) Gary Avis, as Drosselmeyer, and Meaghan Grace Hinkis as Clara in The Nutcracker. (I do dislike the interval device, not seen this time, of showing dancers in leg warmers practising on stage before curtain-up. The filmed feature worked well, as did the behind-the-scenes revelations before Act II of how some of the magic effects were done. ![]() A voice-over told us in rhyming couplets about backstage preparations for the annual revival of the 30-year-old production: ingeniously, the reference to De Valois almost rhymed with the naming of Christopher Carr, seen rehearsing the dancers. ![]() He made an excellent host, as well as being a benign, beautiful magician. We were then treated to a pre-recorded introduction by Gary Avis, soon to appear live on screen as Drosselmeyer. © Sim Canetty-Clarke, by kind permission of the Royal Opera House. Cameras filming at the Royal Opera House – here in the Stalls Circle. He told us about the big new audiences the ballet would be getting in 900 cinemas in 30 countries world-wide – which is no doubt why this Nutcracker boasted so many top soloists in minor roles. Those of us fortunate enough to see the ‘one night only’ screening of The Nutcracker in the Apollo cinema in Piccadilly were able to enjoy a live introduction from Federico Bonnelli, who is on stage in the production in an alternative cast ( reviewed by Jane Simpson). Gallery of 36 pictures by Dave Morgan – Morera / Bonelli cast Gallery of 36 pictures by Dave Morgan – Marquez / McRae cast © Dave Morgan, by kind permission of the Royal Opera House. Roberta Marquez and Steven McRae in The Nutcracker.
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