The famous Winter Dreams polka and the music for the film The Blizzard set the stage for two Christmas tales with music by Rimsky-Korsakov. The stories of Christmas Eve and the snow girl who melts upon discovering love are well-known to the audience. They will be told in the traditional Christmas concerts at Casa da Música, which in 2024 feature the Portuguese debut of Delyana Lazarova, the Bulgarian conductor who embarked on an international career after winning the Siemens Hallé Conducting Competition and the James Conlon Prize at the Aspen Festival.