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Nußknacker und Mausekönig, illustrated copper plates after original drawings by P. C. Geißler © Staatsbibliothek Bamberg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sugar-coating the sinister: ETA Hoffmann at the ballet

By Jenifer Sarver, 22 June 2022

Jenifer Sarver looks at the disturbing short stories, which, ironically, inspired two of the lightest confections of the ballet repertoire: The Nutcracker and Coppélia.

22 Jun 2022

Sugar-coating the sinister: ETA Hoffmann at the ballet

By Jenifer Sarver

Léo Delibes, 1875 © Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Musique (public domain)

The jinx and rehabilitation of Sylvia

By Graham Watts, 24 November 2017

Thirteen years after its restoration - and at the grand old age of 140 - Sylvia might, at last, be free of her jinx. Discover the complex history of Léo Delibes' ballet, written here by Graham Watts.

24 Nov 2017

The jinx and rehabilitation of Sylvia

By Graham Watts