Hoffmann, author of fantasy and horror stories, wrote a novella, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. And this list did not include any ballet studios or schools. There was even a Dance Along Nutcracker in San Francisco. In fact, when I googled Bay Area Nutcracker performances, a list of 22 appeared, everything from the world renowned San Francisco Ballet to Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker (in San Jose) to the Jewish Nutcracker (at San Francisco’s Children’s Creativity Center) to Nutcracker Pinata (in San Leandro). Anyone who’s ever taken a ballet class has danced it it is performed world-wide by just about every professional dance company and every ballet school. This ballet, which made its debut in 1892, has become as synonymous with the holiday season as twinkling lights and Santa Claus. From mid-October through late December you can’t open a newspaper or website entertainment section without seeing an ad for The Nutcracker. I remember my mom taking me to see it when I was a little girl growing up in Chicago, just as I took my daughter when she was young. In the 55th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1790), four big opera troupes from Anhui Province entered the capital and combined with Kunqu opera, Yiyang opera, Hanju opera and Luantan to create what we now know as Beijing Opera.There’s probably no one reading this that hasn’t seen The Nutcracker performed at least once during a Christmas holiday season. Old women were played by laodan, martial women were wudan, young female warriors were daomadan, virtuous and elite women were qingyi, and vivacious and unmarried women were huadan.īeijing Opera has a history of nearly 200 years. Dan roles were originally divided into five subtypes. The Dan (旦) refers to any female role in Beijing opera. What do Dan refers in Peking Opera characters? The San Francisco Ballet is unarguably one of the world’s best and is sure to provide you with memories to last a lifetime. There’s no real dress code for this event, you’ll fit right in wearing smart casual.ĭon’t: wear jeans or shorts. We’re pretty informal here at the Opera House. Although widely practised throughout China, its performance centres on Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai.ĭress code – what should I wear? So long as you’re wearing shoes and a shirt, whatever you like. Peking opera is a performance art incorporating singing, reciting, acting, martial arts. The building has been the home of San Francisco Opera since it opened on Octowith a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca. in the American Renaissance style, the 3,146-seat War Memorial Opera House is a California Historical Landmark. When was San Francisco Opera House built?ĭesigned by Arthur Brown, Jr. San Francisco Ballet performs repertory from January through May at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco.
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