Exploring the Ring CD The Ring Hand beaded by artisans in

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as well as a moving story of passion and grace for anyone who has dared to dream of a different life

The Nutcracker Ballet 18" wooden nutcracker complete with three ballerinas dancing around the Christmas Tree hat and The Nutcracker Ballet inscribed on the front

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America’s first Children’s Poet Laureate has written all-new verses to accompany the composer Camille Saint-Saëns’s The Carnival of the Animals

Exploring the Ring CD The Ring Hand beaded by artisans inExploring the Ring, with Perry Lorenzo, former Seattle Opera Education Director. Recorded for Seattle Opera's 2001 Ring, these talks, punctuated with Lorenzo's trademark wit, provide insight into the rich musical, dramatic, and historical contexts of Wagner's masterpiece. This CD set illustrates why opera companies from San Francisco, Chicago, New York even Bayreuth frequently called on Lorenzo's lecturing talents. 4 disc set. In English.