Nutcracker
Casting
Saturday, December 13 AT 2 pm
CHOREOGRAPHER
Helgi Tomasson
COMPOSER
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scenic Design: Michael Yeargan
Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Projection Design: Wendall K. Harrington
The 2004 premiere of Helgi Tomasson’s Nutcracker was made possible by Lead Sponsors The Herbert Family and The Swanson Foundation, and Sponsors Yurie and Carl Pascarella, Kathleen Scutchfield, and The Smelick Family.
Nutcracker
Casting & Credits
Saturday, December 13 AT 2 pm
CHOREOGRAPHER
Helgi Tomasson
COMPOSER
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scenic Design: Michael Yeargan
Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Projection Design: Wendall K. Harrington
The 2004 premiere of Helgi Tomasson’s Nutcracker was made possible by Lead Sponsors The Herbert Family and The Swanson Foundation, and Sponsors Yurie and Carl Pascarella, Kathleen Scutchfield, and The Smelick Family.
CONDUCTOR: Martin West
ACT I
*UNCLE DROSSELMEYER: Val Caniparoli
*CLARA: Ui Kambayashi
FRITZ: Bode Jay Nanola
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Jamie Adele Stephens, Carlota Cruz
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Hansuke Yamamoto, Kamryn Baldwin
GRANDPARENTS: Jasper True Stanford, Katita Waldo
PARTY GUESTS: Maya Chandrashekaran, Jihyun Choi, Pemberley Ann Olson, Juliana Wilder, Benjamin Davidoff, Davide Occhipinti, Dylan Pierzina, Simone Pompignoli with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
*DANCING DOLLS: Lucas López, Tyla Steinbach, Lleyton Ho
*THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Francesco Gabriele Frola†
*KING OF THE MICE: Benjamin Davidoff
*QUEEN & KING OF THE SNOW: Jasmine Jimison and Fernando Carratalá Coloma
SNOWFLAKES: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Kyra Orozco-Davey, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliette Windey
INTERMISSION
ACT II
*THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Sasha De Sola
SPANISH: SunMin Lee, Leili Rackow, Benjamin Davidoff, Victor Prigent, Jasper True Stanford
*ARABIAN: Sasha Mukhamedov with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Nathaniel Remez
*CHINESE: Joshua Jack Price with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Jihyun Choi, Anatalia St. Clair, Seojeong Yun
*RUSSIAN: João Percilio da Silva with Lucas López, Simone Pompignoli
MADAME DU CIRQUE: Louis Schilling
and her BUFFOONS: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Lleyton Ho
WALTZING FLOWERS: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Alya Cogur, Carlota Cruz, Gabriela Gonzalez, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, Pemberley Ann Olson, Hui-Wen Peng, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Madeline Woo† and Francesco Gabriele Frola†
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.
†Denotes premiere in the role