SPECIAL EVENT: BALLET: THE NUTCRACKER
The Friends of the Cooper Memorial Library will host a Special Event Showing of the ballet The Nutcracker on Monday, December 13, at 1:45 p.m. in room 108. The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann’s story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King”, by way of Alexandre Dumas’ adapted story “The Story of a Nutcracker”. It was given its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on Sunday, 18 December 1892.
This is a free program and light refreshments and live music will be provided during the reception for our guests immediately following the performance. For more information about Opera @ the Library programs and our other special events, please visit our web presence at https://sites.google.com/site/operaatthelibrary/ or contact Dennis Smolarek at 352.536.2275 x2623 and email at operaatcooperlibrary@gmail.com.
