La Boheme DVD A Midsummer Night's Dream and gold with tiny nutcrackers

and gold with tiny nutcrackers on top of a wind up music box hat -- turn the hat and it plays the march from Tchaikovsky's ' The Nutcracker Suite'

Ballerina of African heritage in pink

The New York City Ballet’s production of the Nutcracker is considered to be “the” leading production in the world

PNB dancers in Twyla Tharp's Waiting at the Station

With sequined tasseled cape

La Boheme DVD A Midsummer Night's Dream and gold with tiny nutcrackersThis is the magnificent 2009 recording of the Royal Operas production of La Bohme. The performances here are first rate. Romanian, Teodor Ilincais voice, possessing a brilliant timbre soars with Italian lyricism; Russian soprano, Hibla Gerzmava is a vocally winning Mimi, singing with a lush warm tone; soprano, Inna Dukach (Musetta) delivers a passionate Quando Men Vo and Gabriele Viviani is an engaging Marcello. It is a refreshingly traditional