Milan, Teatro Lirico: Christmas is coming, “The Nutcracker” is coming! |

Christmas is coming, “The Nutcracker” is coming!
Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber in Milan hosts the “Balletto di Milano” performing one of the most beloved, magical, enchanting ballet, on the inimitable notes of Tchaikovsky.

In this version the action takes place in a 1920s atmosphere. The arrival of Christmas is celebrated on stage and the guests, surprisingly, reach the stage from the audience.
COLORS!
The pink of the refined furnishings and precious costumes of the first act fades into the ash blue of the snowfall with dancing flakes on the tips of their silver embroidered tutus. A thousand brushstrokes of colors for the divertissement: from the red of Spain and Russia to the golden yellow of China to a delicate lilac for the Waltz of the Flowers.

Beyond the colors, I would like to mention the imaginative and evocative costume of the mices, like little elves from a contemporary tale.

The protagonists Amanda Hall ( Clara) and Gianmanuele D’Elia ( The Price) are just marvelous and dazzling while Alessandro Orlando (Drosselmeier),greatly plays the magician who leads the story.

In the cast Alessia Sasso and Hiroki Inokuchi in the Arabic dance, Giusy Villarà and Mattia Imperatore in the Spanish dance, Arianna Soleti and Romain Vandersmissen in the Russian, Paloma Bonnin and Ramon Valls in the Chinese, Annarita Maestri, Gioia Pierini.Paolo Radogna, Akira Tamakoshi, Gaia Buono, Giulia and Leo Rech in the pastoral