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Apr 15, 2024 · The Nutcracker, ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The last of his three ballets, it was first performed in December 1892. The Nutcracker tells a story about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King.
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The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk] ⓘ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's ...
Dec 25, 2012 · The Nutcracker did not enjoy great success at first, but the music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky eventually did. And staging it has become a Christmas season ritual, sugar plums and all.
Since its premiere in the 1940s, it has enchanted audiences in western countries with its magical tale. Join us as we delve into the fascinating history and composition of this timeless classic, and discover the exclusive “Dove of Peace” in the NUTCRACKER!
- The Nutcracker was based on a creepy story by E.T.A. Hoffmann. In 1816, German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann penned “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (sometimes translated as “Nutcracker and the King of Mice”), a story in which a young girl named Marie Stahlbaum (German for “steel tree”) receives a nutcracker from her godfather, Drosselmeier.
- There’s a reason Marie is sometimes named Clara. For a children’s story, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” is a pretty nuanced portrayal of the way in which children experience imagination and reality without any separation.
- Tchaikovsky did not have a good time composing The Nutcracker. In 1890, Ivan Vzevolovsky, director of the Imperial Theatres (an Imperial Russia–era consortium of theaters), was looking to recreate the recent success of The Sleeping Beauty by having the team behind it develop a new ballet.
- Tchaikovsky debuted a selection of the music in concert first. In March 1892—about nine months before the ballet was scheduled to premiere—Tchaikovsky conducted a concert in St. Petersburg for the Russian Musical Society.
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Dec 22, 2015 · ETA. Hoffmann’s 1816 tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King had been adapted by Alexandre Dumas – he of Three Musketeers fame – in 1844, and it was a ballet based on this version that was...
Dec 18, 2014 · The first complete performance outside Russia, in fact, was not until 1934 in London. And then the first complete "Nutcracker" in the United States didn't come until 10 years after that. The San...
