Christmas concert /
The Nutcracker

A childhood fable for celebrating Christmas at the Opera of Florence. Inspired by the story by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann and transformed by the music of Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij into one of the world's most famous and beloved ballets, it tells the tender  story of Clara and her adored Nutcracker, the little wooden soldier presented to her by the mysterious Mr. Drosselmeyer.  A precious toy that during Christmas Eve leads the girl into the magical kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy, where after a battle against the Mouse King, the toy soldier is transformed into a prince ready to dance with Clara in the enchanting Waltz of the Flowers.

Program

Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
The Nutcracker (full version)

Artists

Conductor
Stanislav Kochanovsky

Choir director
Lorenzo Fratini

Orchestra and Children's Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Stanislav Kochanovsky

Born in St. Petersburg, he studied at the Glinka Choir School. He graduated with honors at the famous St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire studying choral conducting with Tatiana Khitrova in 2004 and opera-symphonic conducting with Alexander Titov in 2008. During his studies participated in master classes of Colin Metters, Mikhail Jurowski, Eri Klas, Victor Yampolsky, Yuri Simonov and gained enthusiastic recommendations. From 2010 to 2015 Stanislav was Principal conductor of The Safonov State Philharmonic Orchestra. As a guest conductor Stanislav worked on new opera productions at the Mariinsky Theatre and the Flemish Opera in Belgium. In April 2014 made his debut with National Academy of Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome.