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The Nutcracker, by the Royal Ballet
5th December 2017 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The story
The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker. But the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer is waiting to sweep her off on a magical adventure.
Background
Peter Wright’s nigh-on definitive production for The Royal Ballet ranks as one of the most enduring and enchanting versions of The Nutcracker. With its festive period setting, dancing snowflakes and enchanting stage magic, Lev Ivanov’s 1892 ballet has become the perfect Christmas entertainment, with Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous, sugar-spun music the most recognizable of all ballet scores.
Credits
- Choreography
- Peter Wright
after Lev Ivanov - Music
- Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
- Original scenario
- Marius Petipa
- Production and scenario
- Peter Wright
- Designer
- Julia Trevelyan Oman
- Lighting designer
- Mark Henderson
- Production consultant
- Roland John Wiley
- Performed by
- The Royal Ballet
Performers
- Conductor
- Barry Wordsworth
- The Sugar Plum Fairy
- Sarah Lamb
- The Prince
- Steven McRae
- Clara
- Francesca Hayward
- Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
- Alexander Campbell
- Herr Drosselmeyer
- Gary Avis
- Choir
- London Oratory Junior Choir
- Concert Master
- Peter Manning
- Orchestra
- Orchestra of the Royal Opera House