National Ballet of Canada cracks open its sumptuous Nutcracker

Harrison James and Artists of the Ballet in The Nutcracker

Artists of the Ballet in The Nutcracker

Genevieve Penn Nabity in The Nutcracker

By Gianmarco Segato, 14 December 2023

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“Here, virtuosity in the form of quick jumps, leaps and turns, were the order of the day”

Reviewed at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto on 12 December 2023

The Nutcracker (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, James Kudelka)

National Ballet of Canada

David Briskin, Conductor

Santo Loquasto, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jennifer Tipton, Lighting Designer

The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra

Genevieve Penn Nabity, Dancer

Harrison James, Dancer

Spencer Hack, Dancer

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Gianmarco Segato

Arts writer, administrator and singer Gianmarco Segato is Assistant Editor for La Scena Musicale. He was Associate Artist Manager for opera at Dean Artists Management and, from 2017-2022, Editorial Director of Opera Canada magazine. Previous to that he was Adult Programs Manager with the Canadian Opera Company. Gianmarco is an intrepid classical music traveler with a special love of Prague and Budapest as well as an avid cyclist and cook.

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