Every queen needs a fabulous ensemble! Our Snow Queen’s embellished tutu is a showstopper; its layers of fabric and uniquely shaped overlay took 80 hours to make. And we have five of them! That’s a total of 400 hours spent creating one character’s costume.
San Francisco’s first Nutcracker in 1944 was staged on a tight wartime budget that allowed just $1,000 for ALL of the costumes. The Snow Queen, Jocelyn Vollmar, made her costume herself!
Want another peek behind the curtain at the making of Nutcracker?
Header Image: Jennifer Stahl in Tomasson’s Nutcracker // © Erik Tomasson
Categories: Nutcracker, Nutcracker 75, Read
