Pyotr Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker"
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet extravaganza in 2 acts with a prologue Libretto by Marius Petipa edited by Vladimir Troshchenko Based on Ernst Hoffmann's Tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Fragments of the choreography of Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky, Vasily Vainonen, Anatoly Emelyanov were used Performance duration with intermission: 2 hours On Christmas Eve, festively dressed guests rush to the house of President Zilberhaus on the snowy streets of a small German town. Among passers-by and Drosselmeyer is a senior adviser to the court, inventor and master of toys. He prepared wonderful Christmas presents for the children of Silberhaus - his godchildren Masha and Fritz. However, the happy expectation of Christmas for Drosselmeyer is overshadowed by alarm: one of the dolls mysteriously disappeared - the Mouse King.