The ⎜rst dancer to perform this role, Antonietta Dell'Era (an-"tone"-YET-ah dell-"EH"-rah), insisted on adding a gavotte by Alphonse Czibulka (chee-"BULL"-kah) to the score to pad her stage time.
The ⎜rst dancer to perform this role, Antonietta Dell'Era (an-"tone"-YET-ah dell-"EH"-rah), insisted on adding a gavotte by Alphonse Czibulka (chee-"BULL"-kah) to the score to pad her stage time. Maria Tallchief's 1954 performance of this role helped repopularize the ballet in which this character appears. A theme representing this character begins with the notes "G-E-G, F sharp, D sharp, E." In a four-movement pas de deux (pah day doo), this character dances to music meant to sound like "drops of water shooting out of a fountain" aeer a tarantella danced by Prince Coqueluche (koh-kay-loosh). Dancers representing chocolate, coffee, and tea are summoned by this character, who only appears in Act II. Her namesake "dance" features a prominent celesta solo. For 10 points, name this character from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker who rules the "Land of Sweets."
The ⎜rst dancer to perform this role, Antonietta Dell'Era (an-"tone"-YET-ah dell-"EH"-rah), insisted on adding a gavotte by Alphonse Czibulka (chee-"BULL"-kah) to the score to pad her stage time.
Sugar Plum Fairy [or Drazhe; or Fée Dragée]