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The nutcracker.

Title
The nutcracker. Dec. 26, 1983 [videorecording] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Publication
1983.

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Additional Authors
  • Balanchine, George
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  • O'Brien, Shaun
  • Warren, Lily Nell
  • Pollner, Anthony
  • Blechman, Max
  • Killian, Katrina
  • Noroña, Rita
  • Padgett, Bruce
  • Sackett, Paul
  • Fugate, Judith
  • Andersen, Ib, 1954-
  • Watts, Heather
  • Roy, Leslie
  • Frame, Peter
  • Frankfurt, Wilhelmina
  • Duell, Daniel
  • Gluck, Susan
  • Condé, Hermes
  • Irving, Robert, 1913-1991.
  • Ter-Arutunian, Rouben, 1920-1992.
  • Karinska, Barbara
  • Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.
  • Balanchine, George
  • New York City Ballet
Description
2 videodiscs (NTSC) (94 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Note
  • Filmed in close shot. Picture quality is very dark in some parts of act 1.
Credits (note)
  • Scenario based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale The nutcracker and the mouse king ; scenery, Rouben Ter-Arutunian ; costumes, Karinska ; original lighting, Ronald Bates. Conductor, Robert Irving.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on Dec. 26, 1983, for archival purposes.
Contents
  • Disc 1. Act I (49 min.) / performed by Cornel Crabtree (Dr. Stahlbaum), Garielle Whittle (Frau Stahlbaum), Lily Nell Warren (Marie), Anthony Pollner (Fritz), Zippora Karz, Catherine Ryan (maids), Marisa Cerveris, Patrick Hinson (the grandparents), Shaun O'Brien (Herr Drosselmeier), Max Blechman (the nutcracker prince), Bruce Padgett (soldier), Katrina Killian, Rita Norona (Harlequin and Columbine), Paul Sackett (mouse king), with Antonia Franceschi, Elizabeth Irwin, Catherine Oppenheimer, Sabrina Pillars, Teresa Reyes, Shawn Stevens, Christopher Fleming, Carlo Merlo, Afshin Mofid, Francis Sackett, Jock Soto, Ulrik Trojaborg, Peter Boal, Michael Byars, William Otto, Sean Savoye, Helene Alexopoulos, Stacey Calvert, Kelly Cass, Carole Divet, Florence Fitzgerald, Antonia Franceschi, Julie Hays, Alexia Hess, Cynthia Lochard, Shelley Scott, Deborah Wingert and children's ensemble (guests, mice, snowflakes).
  • Disc 2. Act II (45 min.) / performed by Judith Fugate (the sugarplum fairy), Ib Andersen (her cavalier), children's ensemble (angels), Leslie Roy, Peter Frame with Stacey Calvert, Kelly Cass, Zippora Karz, Catherine Ryan, Michael Byars, Patrick Hinson, Carlo Merlo, David Moore (hot chocolate), Wilhelmina Frankfurt (coffee), Bruce Padgett with Katrina Killian, Rita Norona (tea), Daniel Duell with children's ensemble (candy canes), Susan Gluck with Victoria Bromberg, Lisa Jackson, Margo Krody, Shawn Stevens (marzipan shepherdesses), Hermes Conde with children's ensemble (Mother Ginger and her Pollchinelles), Heather Watts (dewdrop fairy), Victoria Hall, Florence Fitzgerald, with Marisa Cerveris, Lisa Chalmers, Carole Divet, Antonia Franceschi, Julie Hays, Elizabeth Irwin, Cynthia Lochard, Catherine Oppenheimer, Sabrina Pillars, Teresa Reyes, Shelley Scott, Deborah Wingert (flowers).
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4147
OCLC
273060325
Title
The nutcracker. Dec. 26, 1983 [videorecording] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Imprint
1983.
Credits
Scenario based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale The nutcracker and the mouse king ; scenery, Rouben Ter-Arutunian ; costumes, Karinska ; original lighting, Ronald Bates. Conductor, Robert Irving.
Event
Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on Dec. 26, 1983, for archival purposes.
Added Author
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
O'Brien, Shaun, dancer.
Warren, Lily Nell, dancer.
Pollner, Anthony, dancer.
Blechman, Max, dancer.
Killian, Katrina, dancer.
Noroña, Rita, dancer.
Padgett, Bruce, dancer.
Sackett, Paul, dancer.
Fugate, Judith, dancer.
Andersen, Ib, 1954- dancer.
Watts, Heather, dancer.
Roy, Leslie, dancer.
Frame, Peter, dancer.
Frankfurt, Wilhelmina, dancer.
Duell, Daniel, dancer.
Gluck, Susan, dancer.
Condé, Hermes, dancer.
Irving, Robert, 1913-1991. Conductor
Ter-Arutunian, Rouben, 1920-1992. Set designer
Karinska, Barbara. Costume designer
Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822. Author
New York City Ballet.
Balanchine, George. Nutcracker.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4147
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