The Nutcracker at Mariinsky Theatre
Ballet in three acts. Musical direction by Valery Gergiev. Live on Mezzo from the Mariinsky Theatre on 9 June.
The Nutcracker © Mariinsky Theatre
Premiered on 18 December 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, The Nutcracker was P.I. Tchaikovsky's last ballet. It took him a year to compose what remains today one of the most popular examples of ballet music and Tchaikovsky's most celebrated work.
This production of The Nutcracker takes us back in time, being based on Vainonen's choreography (1934), one of the oldest still performed today.
English title The Nutcracker
Genre Ballet
Recording location Mariinsky Theatre, ST. Petersburg
Recording date June 7 and 9, 2017
Production year 2017
Duration 125'
Video format HD
Production Company Telmondis
Co-Production Company Mezzo, NHK
Producer Antoine Perset
Producer Denis Morlière
Director Olivier Simonnet
Distribution TV Telmondis Distribution
Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Orchestra / Band Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Choreography by Vasily Vainonen
Dance Company Mariinsky Theatre Ballet
Libretto Marius Petipa
Original Text E.T.A. Hoffmann
Soloist Renata Shakirova
Soloist David Zaleyev
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