
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker & Mouse King / Spuck, Zurich Opera House [Blu-ray]
Also available on standard DVD
Christian Spuck puts the literary origin at the heart of his choreography of âThe Nutcracker and the Mouse Kingâ, emphasizing the fantastical nature of the original rather than the delightful Christmas fairytale and bringing back the tale of princess Pirlipat, who turns into a nut monster, as told by E.T.A. Hoffmann. On stage, Drosselmeierâs workshop turns into an old revue-theater, where the balletâs characters come to life. Spuckâs choreography plays with the richness of characters in Hoffmannâs narrative cosmos, the absurdity and overwrought humor that inhabit them, while at the same time looking down into the dark abyss of Romanticism. This production was recorded at the Opernhaus ZĂŒrich April 2018
Also available on standard DVD
Christian Spuck puts the literary origin at the heart of his choreography of âThe Nutcracker and the Mouse Kingâ, emphasizing the fantastical nature of the original rather than the delightful Christmas fairytale and bringing back the tale of princess Pirlipat, who turns into a nut monster, as told by E.T.A. Hoffmann. On stage, Drosselmeierâs workshop turns into an old revue-theater, where the balletâs characters come to life. Spuckâs choreography plays with the richness of characters in Hoffmannâs narrative cosmos, the absurdity and overwrought humor that inhabit them, while at the same time looking down into the dark abyss of Romanticism. This production was recorded at the Opernhaus ZĂŒrich April 2018
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Also available on standard DVD
Christian Spuck puts the literary origin at the heart of his choreography of âThe Nutcracker and the Mouse Kingâ, emphasizing the fantastical nature of the original rather than the delightful Christmas fairytale and bringing back the tale of princess Pirlipat, who turns into a nut monster, as told by E.T.A. Hoffmann. On stage, Drosselmeierâs workshop turns into an old revue-theater, where the balletâs characters come to life. Spuckâs choreography plays with the richness of characters in Hoffmannâs narrative cosmos, the absurdity and overwrought humor that inhabit them, while at the same time looking down into the dark abyss of Romanticism. This production was recorded at the Opernhaus ZĂŒrich April 2018





















