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 [log in to unmask]