Ballet Philippines Performs Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
In its 53rd season, Ballet Philippines returns to the holiday season with a Christmas classic. The Nutcracker follows the adventures and misadventures of a young girl to a magical land on Christmas Eve. The score was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky who was initially reluctant to write the score, finding the libretto based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s children’s tale, The Nutcracker and the King of the Mice, lacking in fantasy. Today, The Nutcracker’s delightful plot and timeless music have made it a perennial favourite and most companies hold a version in…