It wouldn't be Christmas in Rome without Tchaikovsky's mesmerising ballet, staged in a production by Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, directed by Andrea Quinn with choreography by Paul Chalmer. Based on E.T.
A. Hoffmann's magical 1816 fairytale, The Nutcracker tells the story of a little girl who goes to the Land of Sweets on Christmas Eve. For full details of the Rome production, including tickets and performance times, see Teatro dell'Opera di Roma website .
Photo Fabrizio Sansoni.