Performances
Invitation to La Scala
The Nutcracker Method
22 December 2025
| Teatro alla Scala's Brasses |
| Staging and Lyrics | MARIO ACAMPA |
|---|---|
| Actress | ELISA LOMBARDI |
| Illustrations | GABRIELE PINO |
Programme
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a |
Francesco Tamiati*, Marco Toro*, Valerio Vantaggio, Alessandro Ferrari, trumpets
Giovanni Emanuele Urso*, Salvatore La Porta, Piero Mangano, Giulia Montorsi, horns
Daniele Morandini*, Fabiano Fiorenzani*, Giuseppe Grandi, trombones
Javier Castaño Medina, tuba
Marina Boselli, euphonium
Gianni Massimo Arfacchia, Francesco Muraca, Antonello Cancelli, percussion
*Principal
In brief
It’s Christmas morning in Milan, and Mary, the young girl from Hoffmann’s famous tale, has now grown into a young woman in search of happiness and, perhaps, her Nutcracker…