Christmas ❄️ (12)

The Nutcracker by Vainonen after Petipa and Ivanov, music by Tchaikovsky

Alina Somova (Masha the Princess), Vladimir Shklyarov (The Nutcracker Prince), Alexandra Korshunova (Masha)... – Mariinsky Theater Ballet Company

• Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Giselle, Les Sylphides, and Coppélia, three of the greatest ballets

With Rudolf Nureyev, Nadia Nerina and Margot Fonteyn

Valery Gergiev conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1, "Winter Daydreams"

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra: The complete Tchaikovsky symphonies

• Salle Pleyel (Paris, France)

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducts Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker

BBC Proms, 1981

• Royal Albert Hall (London, Great Britain)

Nutcracker by Patrice Bart after Marius Petipa, music by Tchaikovsky

Daniel Barenboim (conductor) – Staatsoper Berlin

• Staatsoper Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Nutcracker by Balanchine, music by Tchaikovsky

Megan Fairchild, Joaquin De Luz, Adam Hendrickson... – The New York City Ballet

• Lincoln Center (New York, USA)

Coppélia by Patrice Bart, music by Léo Delibes

With Dorothée Gilbert (Swanilda), José Martinez (Coppélius) and Mathias Heymann (Frantz)

Douglas Boyd conducts Handel's Messiah

With Carolyn Sampson, Paula Murrihy, Allan Clayton, and Matthew Rose – Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, accentus

The Three Tenors Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras sing Christmas Music

Wiener Symphoniker

• Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna, Austria)

Philippe Herreweghe conducts Bach's Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Collegium Vocale Gent

• Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salle Henry Le Boeuf (Brussels, Belgium)

Simon Carrington teaches Handel: Choruses from "Messiah"

Treasures of the Masterclass Media Foundation

• The Three Choirs Festival (Three Counties, Great Britain)

Gloria in Excelsis Deo: A Christmas Concert by Thomas Clamor and the Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie – With Ruth Ziesak

Joined by the Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode and Ensemble Sonora

• Church of St Mary (Marienberg, Germany)