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Snow Queen's debut. Vanessa Harwood last night made her Toronto debut as the Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in the popular Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Sui(...)
Snow Queen's debut. Vanessa Harwood last night made her Toronto debut as the Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in the popular Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Sui(...)

Snow Queen's debut. Vanessa Harwood last night made her Toronto debut as the Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in the popular Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Sui(...)

Date12/21/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Snow Queen's debut. Vanessa Harwood last night made her Toronto debut as the Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in the popular Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite; presented annually by the National Ballet Of Canada at the O'Keefe Centre. She was partnered by Clinton Rothwell.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0104746F
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