who leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra through his own reworking of both Hoffmann and Tchaikovsky, declares in his introduction that “The Nutcracker”—probably best known to most of ...

The tale of E.T.A. Hoffmann ... Clara receives an unusual Nutcracker. After the 12 chimes, everything transforms and comes to life to defeat the fearsome Mouse King and save the Kingdom of ...

The Nutcracker and the Mouse KING is based on the 1816 story by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Story and music adapted and retold by John Mauceri. Narrated by Alan Cumming.

E.T.A. Hoffmann ... a nutcracker beneath the tree, Marie fervently guards it, first from battle-minded Fritz, then, in a series of nightmarish clashes, from a terrifying Mouse King who appears ...

E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story has its share of gothic elements: the nutcracker hero with the Jolly Roger smile, for instance, and his seven-headed rodent adversary. This Incurable Theater production ...

Although nearly everyone is familiar with the music of "The Nutcracker," few people are acquainted with the E.T.A. Hoffmann story ... "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" fits this description.

the underlying source for the now world-famous and popular Christmas-season entertainment has been “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 1816 tale. Its Christmas Eve ...

The story in the ballet is loosely based on the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E.T.A Hoffmann. The source material is much darker than what made it to the ballet, according to ...

De Marcken's detail-rich watercolors are marked by a vibrant palette (the Nutcracker wears purple and gold, Marie a pink sash-tied dress), while the attention paid to the mechanisms of toys and to ...

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story written in 1816 by E T A Hoffmann in which young Marie Stahlbaums favorite Christmas toy the Nutcracker comes alive and after defeating the evil Mouse ...