“The Nutcracker” ballet holds a rich history dating back to 1892, when the director of Moscow’s Imperial Theatres commissioned and premiered it. Since then, the story of Clara awakening to the wider world and.
For many people, taking in a performance of “The Nutcracker” is as much a part of the holidays as the shopping, baking, visiting and general merriment. It certainly is for Natalie Ann Kasievich, executive director of the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, who grew up in Pittsburgh’s North Hills. “My family was