Peter Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker"

Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet-extravaganza in 2 acts with prologue Libretto by Marius Petipa revised by Vladimir Troshchenko based on the fairy tale by Ernst Hoffmann "the Nutcracker and the mouse king" Fragments of choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky, Vasily Vainonen, Anatoly Emelianov Running time with intermission: 2 hours On Christmas eve the snow-covered streets of a small German town in a hurry to the house of the President Silverhawk festively dressed guests. Among the passers-by and Drosselmeyer is a senior adviser to the court, the inventor and toy maker. He made wonderful Christmas gifts to children Silverhawk – his godchildren Masha and Fritz. But the happy anticipation of Christmas for Drosselmeyer's overshadowed by the alarm mysteriously lost one of the dolls – the Mouse king.