Nutcracker, with Osipova and Bonelli, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, 27 December 2013
Posted on 28 December 2013Christmas feasting may have affected the orchestra, but certainly not the dancers in this 27th December performance. The party scene in Act I was full of joie de vivre, with Gary Avis as a magical Drosselmeyer. The élan of his conjuring tricks was matched by the liveliness of Valentino Zucchetti as his assistant, and the …