It is, for so many of us, the permanent soundtrack of the holiday season. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker,” like no other music, conjures up images for me of warm fireplaces, ...

Gustavo Dudamel is the dad of a son turning 3 in April, the husband of a classically trained ballet dancer, and a Tchaikovsky nut whose next big project will be a “TchaikovskyFest” with the Los ...

The critics were not kind after the first performance of “The Nutcracker” ballet in 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The battle scene was called clumsy, the costumes were described as dull, and the ...

Few things evoke the holiday spirit quite like the instantly recognizable “Nutcracker” score. Composed in 1892 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the iconic music plays as important a role in the show as the ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. With original music composed and produced by Howard, the soundtrack builds ...

At the beginning of Act II of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet production of "The Nutcracker," Drosselmeier tries to whip up a holiday confection. He has enthusiastic help from a group of adorable angels, ...

Members of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in a production of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker." It’s a perennial holiday favorite but it took a long time to grow into a classic. The United States was ...

Andrew Grams conducts a selection from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. Daniel Carde / Staff Photographer One of the classical music ...

In the liner notes to the new Harmonia Mundi release The Nutcracker Suites, conductor Steven Richman closes his introduction with a great quote from Duke Ellington: "There are simply two kinds of ...

Time was when you could scarcely imagine a ballet company performing Nutcracker without a live orchestra. But as financial challenges rose, one company after another shifted to recorded music, which ...

Gustavo Dudamel is the dad of a son turning 3 in April, the husband of a classically trained ballet dancer, and a Tchaikovsky nut whose next big project will be a “TchaikovskyFest” with the Los ...