Nutcracker

This week on Fronteras:The rich history of tamales.Remembering a Pearl Harbor hero in Waco (12:56).Ballet dancer lives the American dream performing “The…

From ballet to Mexican songs to the Symphony Pops concert, music dominates this weekend in San Antonio.First off Friday at the Carver Cultural Arts…

There's a busy weekend ahead, from holiday shopping to traditions hundreds of years in the making.First off, for those of you looking to shop, but not in…

A long-time San Antonio holiday tradition may soon disappear. That tradition is the San Antonio Symphony providing the music for Tchaikovsky's The…

A Christmas classic is being staged this weekend. From the first lilting bars, most people recognize music from the Nutcracker (to hear, hit Listen)."I…

Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon has a fresh take on the classic Christmas tale. The $4 million Joffrey Ballet production premieres Saturday, and doesn't center around a wealthy Victorian family.

You can hardly overstate the extent to which The Nutcrackerbelongs to the ritual of Christmas, but it came rather late to the game, says commentator Alva Noë.

For more than 30 years, the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker has used sets and costumes designed by the author of Where the Wild Things Are. This year, the ballet is retiring the production.

Renee Montagne talks with Miles Hoffman about the history of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite. Hoffman is the violist of the American Chamber Players, and authored The NPR Classical Music Companion.

When AkikoFujimoto took over the helm of conducting the annual San Antonio Symphony performances of "The Nutcracker" in 2012, she had never conducted a…