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Omer Meir Wellber

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Based on two of Tchaikovskys masterpieces,this video captures the Vienna Volksopers2022 productiona thought-provoking and innovative staging!In 1891, toward the very end of his life, Tchaikovsky composed both the opera *Iolanta* and the ballet *The Nutcracker* simultaneously, instructing that they be performed as a double bill in a single evening. However, due to their excessive length and financial considerations, it is now customary to stage them separately. Dutch director Lotte de Beer and Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber have created a new production that breaks with this tradition. Whats remarkable is how theyve fused the two worksnot as separate pieces, but as a single work where they mesh like two gears.While Tchaikovsky had originally intended the opera to depict real people and the ballet to portray a fantasy world, this production interweaves the two on a scene-by-scene basis,