A triumphant Nutcracker: San Francisco Ballet is back!

By Terez Rose, 13 December 2021

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“Land of Snow is a blizzard extravaganza, one of the production’s big draws”

Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 11 December 2021

The Nutcracker (Helgi Tomasson)

San Francisco Ballet

Ming Luke, Conductor

Michael Yeargan, Set Designer

Martin Pakledinaz, Costume Designer

James F Ingalls, Lighting Designer

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Wendall K Harrington, Video

Ricardo Bustamante, Dancer

Luca Ferró, Dancer

Julia Rowe, Dancer

Isabella DeVivo, Dancer

Lucas Erni, Dancer

Norika Matsuyama, Dancer

Lauren Parrott, Dancer

Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Dancer

Joshua Jack Price, Dancer

Jacob Seltzer, Dancer

Elizabeth Powell, Dancer

Sean Bennett, Dancer

Alexander Reneff-Olson, Dancer

Sarah van Patten, Dancer

Sasha De Sola, Dancer

Aaron Robison, Dancer

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Deborah Weiss, 6th July

The Royal Ballet School students shine at their annual matinée at the Royal Opera House showing exceptional talent and versatility.

*****

Next Generation Festival: Royal Ballet School in fine form

Amanda Jennings, 19th June

The Royal Ballet School deliver a promising mixed programme with some truly exceptional individual performances.

****1

SFB concludes its 90th season with a stirring Romeo & Juliet

Terez Rose, 21st April

There’s much to love in Helgi Tomasson’s production of Romeo & Juliet, starting with Prokofiev’s sumptuous score.

****1

San Francisco Ballet enchants with a winning Giselle

Terez Rose, 24th February

The ballet’s second act, following Giselle’s death, is set in a spooky, mystical realm, precisely the kind of thing that so intrigued its 19th century audiences and made this ballet an instant classic.

****1

An exciting buzz generated for San Francisco's Nutcracker

Terez Rose, 8th December

This irresistible Nutcracker is a reliable delight in an increasingly unreliable world.

****1

Tomasson bows out from San Francisco Ballet with stirring Swan Lake

Terez Rose, 29th April

Swan Lake is the last program of the San Francisco Ballet’s season and of the 37-year tenure of retiring artistic director Helgi Tomasson.

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Terez Rose

Terez Rose is a writer and former dancer whose work has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies and online publications. She is the author (as Terez Mertes Rose) of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles (Off Balance, Outside the Limelight, Ballet Orphans, Other Stages) and A Dancer’s Guide to Africa. Visit her at The Classical Girl where she blogs about classical music and the performing arts.