<br />
Christopher Wheeldon's<br />
The Winter’s Tale<br />
Based on William Shakespeare's classic play<br />
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“CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON has produced the<br />
most heartfelt and resonant full-length ballet<br />
seen in decades… HIS GREATEST TRIUMPH!”<br />
—The Times of London<br />
Hannah Fischer and Piotr Stanczyk<br />
U.S. PREMIERE<br />
January 19–24, 2016 | Opera House<br />
Romance, tragedy, comedy, fantasy...<br />
William Shakespeare mixed it ALL together<br />
to create a rich tapestry of delights called The Winter's Tale!<br />
Dillon Rodriguez Browning and Mateo Lavoie<br />
Piotr Stanczyk<br />
So let us take you to where it all began,<br />
when two young kings were the best of friends.<br />
Leontes ruled Sicilia in a sprawling marble palace,<br />
while Polixenes presided over Bohemia, a lush paradise.<br />
The two remained close into adulthood.<br />
Upon <a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=1"> Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter’s Tale Based </a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=2"> Romance, tragedy, comedy, fantasy... </a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=3"> So let us take you to where it all began</a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=4"> Sudden jealousy! Leontes began to imagine th</a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=5"> After Hermione gave birth to a baby daughter,</a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=6"> To save the baby's life, the little girl was aban</a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=7"> 16 years later... </a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=8"> So the young couple fled to Sicilia, where King Le</a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=9"> Happily ever after! The union of Princess Perdit</a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=10"> The Winter’s Tale A Ballet in a Prologue and Thre</a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=11"> Don’t miss this timeless tale of family, frien</a>
<a title="The National Ballet of Canada: The Winter'sTale page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c86efa7c?page=12"> Hannah Fischer and Piotr Stanczyk “SPECTACULAR! </a>