Returning to Oakland's historic Paramount Theatre December 18 - 19,
Oakland Ballet Company will present its annual production of Graham
Lustig's The Nutcracker, Saturday at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m, and Sunday at 1
p.m.
With musical accompaniment by the Oakland Symphony alongside
the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, Graham Lustig's The Nutcracker
brings the spirit of the holidays to life. Tickets, starting at $24, are
now on sale at Ticketmaster and in person at the Paramount Theatre box
office.
Set in Vienna in the posh Edwardian era, Lustig's version
of The Nutcracker is based on the original story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, in
which a young girl named Marie receives a nutcracker doll from her
uncle. Overnight, the doll grows in size, coming to life as the
Nutcracker Prince and battling larger-than-life mice and a Rat King. In
the second act, Marie and the Nutcracker Prince meet the Sugar Plum
Fairy and her Cavalier in a magical land of sweets.
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Serving as guest conductor of the Oakland Symphony is Julius P.
Williams, currently artistic director and conductor of the Berklee
Contemporary Symphony Orchestra in Boston. Among his other roles,
Williams serves as music director and conductor of Trilogy: An Opera
Company in New Jersey, and as president of the International Conductors
Guild.
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