They met in fields strewn with dead, frozen bodies, destroyed trees and huge craters.Īccording to the History Channel, it started on Christmas Eve after a British sentry saw lights glistening on the German parapet just 100 yards away. Instead, soldiers on both sides of the battle tentatively laid down their weapons and poked their heads – and finally their bodies – out of the trenches to wish each other a Merry Christmas. On Christmas morning in 1914 World War I stopped for a few hours for thousands of soldiers fighting along the 500-mile Western Front. This is a must see that gives us hope for our future.
The two-act opera is based on actual events and explores the unsustainability of war when enemies come to know each other as friends. 12-20 the Michigan Opera Theatre will present American Composer Kevin Puts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning contemporary opera, Silent Night. When the time comes, the Lilac fairy bewitches the whole realm into sleep, joining Aurora in her sentence, as vines and trees grow up around the palace, hiding it from view.Nov. But all is not lost, the strong Lilac fairy, while not able to undo the curse, can adapt it, and instead Aurora will sleep.for 100 years. But one fairy is left off the guest list- the evil fairy! Furious, she bursts into the hall and curses baby Aurora, wishing her to die upon her 16th birthday, after pricking her finger on a spinning wheel. On the day of her grand christening, the Princess Aurora is admired by all in the kingdom, including a cast of fairies, ready to imbue her with the virtues she'll need in life. Lovingly reimagined by ABT's Artist in Residence, Alexi Ratmansky, the production still retains the most treasured and iconic parts of the ballet - with a monumental twistĪccompanied by the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra! YOU ARE FEELING SLEEPY: THE STORY OF SLEEPING BEAUTY.
Prepare to be mesmerised by this wonderfully magical ballet, recounting one of our most beloved fairy-tales, that of the cursed Princess Aurora, otherwise known as The Sleeping Beauty.
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