![]() That’s the plan and who better than his goddaughter to implement it, which Clara does by walloping the gold-maned Mouse King on the head with her slipper. To break the spell and return him to normality, he needs someone to defeat the Mouse King and show genuine care for him. Lucky Clara.īut, poor Drosselmeyer, he is pining for his nephew who has been turned into a wooden Nutcracker by a wicked Mouse spell. However many times I see him in this role I never tire of it. ![]() ![]() Gary Avis’s Drosselmeyer, the maker of mechanical toys and deus ex machina who propels the story along, is another prime reason for seeing this charming production. More than thirty years old and fresh as a daisy. Peter Wright’s 1984 Royal Ballet production, spruced up in 1991 for Birmingham Royal Ballet, seems to have been tightened even more. Not a longueur in sight from bustling beginning to glorious end. The whole production runs on castors just like those marzipan Christmas tree angels that take Clara and Drosselmeyer’s nephew Hans-Peter to the Sugar Plum Kingdom. ![]() Magical, a word I could well be overusing in this review. If you must see a Nutcracker this festive season make it this one, rich in décor, orchestra, technical skill, technique and casting (many casts to savour, not a dud amongst them): no money has been spared.įrom the very first notes of Tchaikovsky’s familiar dreamy overture we know we are in a magical place, and all’s well with the world. ![]()
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