Go boldly beyond SFO and the mighty Walnut Creek outlet next month, and
show me the way to San Jose, where Irene Dalis' company will have yet
another new offering:

The world premiere of "The Tale of the Nutcracker," by Craig Bohmler and
Daniel Helfgot.

Conductor: Barbara Day Turner
Stage Director: Yefim Maizel
Set Design: Jean-Francois Revon
Costume Design: Allison Connor
Lighting Design: Barbara Du Bois

Performed in English with English supertitles. [Way to go!]

CAST

Nov. 13, 16, 18, 21, 26, 28     Nov. 14, 20, 23, 27, Dec. 2, 5

Marie           Suzan Hanson            Sandra Rubalcava
Fred            Noel Carey              Jonathan Amores
Nutcracker      Brandon Jovanovich      Thomas Truhitte
Drosselmeier    Constantinos Yiannoudes Roberto Gomez

 From  http://www.operasj.org/performance.html --

   Opera San Jose presents the premiere a new opera by Texas-born
   composer Craig Bohmler, whose musical Enter the Guardsman won 1997's
   "Best Musical of the Year" in Denmark and was nominated in 1998 for
   London's "Best Musical of the Year." Bohmler and librettist Daniel
   Helfgot have given us an operatic version of Candyland, where
   nutcrackers become princes and young women must make grown-up choices.
   A magical nutcracker may have lured Marie from home, but her heart
   has found its way back, and to a more lasting happiness.

Janos Gereben/SF
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