Classic opera Sleeping Beauty coming to Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn
Classic opera will feature at Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn when the Russian State Ballet and Opera House perform Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.
Sleeping Beauty will feature tonight and audiences can look forward to a favourite childhood fairytale set to Tchaikovsky's sublime score.
The production promises stunning choreography, sumptuous costumes and wondrous sets form the stunning fantasy world in which the Lilac Fairy battles the evil Carabosse.
The Nutcracker will follow tomorrow.
With music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the production is based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which was written by ETA Hoffmann.
It tells the story of Marie, a sad little girl, whose godfather Drosselmeyer gives her a nutcracker doll as a present on Christmas Eve, which turns into a prince.
When midnight strikes, the world turns magical in the wintry glitter of Christmas Eve. Toys come alive, the Mouse King and his army battle with the Nutcracker Prince and the audience travels through the Land of Snow to an enchanted place where the magic really begins.
