Izcaray makes New York City Ballet Debut
Following a busy start to his 10th season as Music Director of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Izcaray will now make his New York City Ballet debut conducting the Christmas classic, The Nutcracker.
Izcaray has previously lead George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® with Alabama Ballet, one of only eight companies in the world licensed by the George Balanchine Trust© to perform this holiday masterpiece. He is now delighted to conduct the beloved production in its home city, leading performances between the 27th December – 3rd January, in the Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater.
Originally premiered in 1954, the production has since become a New York tradition. Bringing together the magic of Tchaikovsky’s score with Balanchine’s choreography, The Nutcracker ‘is one of the most complex theatrical, staged ballets in the Company’s active repertory. The popularity of the ballet is immense and it provides an unforgettable spark to everyone’s holiday season…All 90 dancers, 62 musicians, 40 stagehands and more than 125 children, in two alternating casts, from the School of American Ballet join forces to make each performance as magical as possible’(NYCB).