TiVo Alert ~ San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
Posted in Holidays, TV on 12/22/2008 11:44 am by J[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5cYEAM6Te4[/youtube]
We were fortunate enough to catch an encore performance of San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker yesterday. It was beautiful and really, really well done. I looked on our local PBS website, and there’s only one showing left, 2AM Tuesday morning. If you have a chance, record it. You won’t be disappointed, even though the Nutcracker Prince has a mask that looks a bit too much like the Burger King for my taste. It was filmed last year, and is distributed this year via Great Performances. Of course, there’s a DVD available for the ballet lovers out there. Enjoy. It’s gorgeous.
12/22/2008 at 12:29 pm
It’s not my favorite holiday-themed show, but I gotta say the uncle with the patch was kind of scary. And yeah, the Prince did look a little like the Burger King, uh, King.
12/22/2008 at 2:17 pm
Thank you for putting us on the Great Performances. I didn’t know about the series. Now it is on my Google Reader.
All the best to you and your family during the holidays. I wish you much happiness, continued health, and prosperity in the new year.
12/23/2008 at 8:23 am
How appropriate. My daughter is learning to play some of the pieces from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite. I had her watch this so she could see some of the ballet that goes with the work.
Merry Christmas to you!!
12/23/2008 at 9:42 am
I love the nutcracker. I’m sorry I missed this.
12/23/2008 at 9:05 pm
Darn it does look beautiful ,maybe it will play again some time soon.