Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker - Introduction
San Francisco Ballet makes the beloved Nutcracker its own, resetting it during the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exhibition.

San Francisco Ballet makes the beloved Nutcracker its own, resetting it during the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exhibition.
Watch the full program of performances by Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky and tour St. Petersburg's stunning landmarks and palaces.
America’s favorite soprano, Renée Fleming, and Russia’s greatest living baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky perform great opera scenes in the magnificent palaces of the Czars.
View the production credits for "Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet's Nucracker."
View the production credits for "GP at The Met: Eugene Onegin."
Celebrated Siberian-born baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky talked about one of his signature roles -- the title character in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin."
Robert Carsen and Valery Gergiev bring Tchaikovsky's opera based on Alexander Pushkin's poem to the stage.
View the production credits for "'The Nutcracker' from the Royal Ballet."
Read a synopsis of "The Nutcracker."
From London's beautifully refurbished Covent Garden Opera House comes this elegant new production with one of Tchaikovsky's most enduring scores for the ballet.
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