Toy Soldiers Nutcracker
by Bob Orsillo
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Toy Soldiers Nutcracker
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Bob Orsillo
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Painting - Original Fine Art By Bob Orsillo
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March of the Toy Soldiers - Original fine art christmas holiday painting by Bob Orsillo.
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Getting ready for the Nutcracker Ballet, the Toy Soldiers engage in backstage antics.
The Nutcracker, a two-act ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, is perhaps the composer's best-loved and most famous work. Tchaikovsky's adaptation of the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E. T. A. Hoffmann was commissioned by the director of the Imperial Theatres Ivan Vsevolozhsky in 1891. The original production was staged by Marius Petipa on 18 December 1892, premiering on a double-bill with a now semi-forgotten Tchaikovsky opera, Iolanta.
The plot of Hoffmann's original story is much more complex than that of the ballet, in which events had to be considerably simplified; Hoffmann's tale contains a long flashback story within its plot entitled The Tale of the Hard Nut, explaining how and why the Prince was turned into the Nutcracker. In Hoffmann's original version, the heroine Marie's adventures with the toys and with the Nutcracker are not a dream, and the Nutcracker does not turn into a Prince after his battle with the Mouse King, but at the end of the story - after Marie tells the now inanimate Nutcracker that she would love him even if he remained ugly forever. A year and a day after she declares this, the Prince returns to Marie and asks her to marry him. She accepts, and goes back to reign with him in the Doll Kingdom.
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Bob Orsillo
March of the Toy Soldiers - Original fine art christmas holiday painting by Bob Orsillo. Copyright (c)Bob Orsillo / http://orsillo.com - All Rights Reserved. Buy art online. Buy photography online Getting ready for the Nutcracker Ballet, the Toy Soldiers engage in backstage antics.
Louise Govier
Hi Bob - what a great picture! I work for a historic property charity called the National Trust in the UK. This would be a great illustration for a sign I'm making to promote the Christmas offer we'll be having at our property this year - is it possible to purchase a high resolution image that I can use in this way? many thanks, Louise
Colette Hera Guggenheim
There are very cute your Toy soldiers Bob ,and makes one smile ,and interesting to read the description aswell.
Colette Hera Guggenheim
Sorry for mistakes with the spellings again BOB , Our Queen I mean (and not QUIN ) not always enought light
Colette Hera Guggenheim
As well they work now aswell at 18 oclock in 40 min. the Garder soldies ( danish time) when our Quin is having the Yearly speak with Greetings looking back and forward !
Colette Hera Guggenheim
These Guys looks very much as the Danish garder they are Called Garder In Denmark ,the protectors of our Quin of Denmark her Majesty ,tonight at midnight there are all out outside Christiansborg Copenhagen when New YEAR 2012 IS beeing shot in with fireworks and the 12 Clock Bells are ringing for celebration New Year! Weel done Bob .Happy New Year again aswell.F/V SU
ANA MARIA EDULESCU
These guys make me smile..... love them all, Bob. Great work ! F,v, SU. _____ Ana