Title: The Nutcracker

Format: DVD

Label: BBC / Opus Arte

Genre: Classical Artists, Ballet Video

UPC: 809478000082

Release Date: 2001

Tchaikovsky's unforgettable score combines with the magical choreography inspired by Lev Ivanov in an atmosphere of fantasy and the supernatural. Hoffmann's Christmas story unfolds with breathtaking splendour and beauty in the most festive and enduring of all ballets. The Royal Ballet, whose Director, Sir Anthony Dowell, plays Drosselmeyer, is joined by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Anthony Dowell, Alina Cojocaru, Ivan Putrov, Miyako Yoshida, Jonathan Cope the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.