The Nutcracker

One magical December evening at the Peabody Auditorium.

The Journey

• The Party — Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaums’, where Aunt Drosselmeyer’s gift of a Nutcracker doll sets everything in motion
• The Battle — the Rat Empress, the midnight clock, and a doll transformed into a Prince
• A Winter Wonderland — the Snow Queen and her Snowflakes sweep Clara into the storm
• Kingdom of the Sweets — Spanish Chocolates, Arabian Coffee, Russian Trepak, the Dew Drop Fairy’s waltzing Flowers, and the Sugar Plum Fairy’s grand pas de deux

And at dawn — was it ever a dream at all?