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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