Chewing over tchaikovskys the nutcracker music the. The sugar plum fairy was first danced by antonietta dellera and the prince by pavel gerdt. Shchelkunchik listen help info is an 1892 twoact ballet fairy ballet. Those who dismiss the composers christmas favourite as a. Pyotr ilych tchaikovsky s ballet scores are treasured works of art. Tchaikovsky with london symphony orchestra lucia colosio, ballerina. It was given its premiere at the mariinsky theatre. The ballet was first presented on 18 december 1892 at the mariinsky theatre in st. Discover the essence of tchaikovskys musical genius while performing a gorgeous romanticera classic based upon a gmajor scale. Although what is seen on the stage today is different in detail from the original story, the basic plot remains the same. The memorable themes of the nutcracker ballet are beloved worldwide, and the melodic figures are maintained for all instruments. Our critic sorts out whats true to the ballets heart and a different thing to.
The story of a young german girl who dreams of a nutcracker prince and a fierce battle against a mouse king with. Hoffmanns tales were so bizarre, sigmund freud wrote about them in the uncanny. Claire kretzschmar of new york city ballet, with students from the school. The story centers on a young girls christmas eve and her awakening to the wider world and romantic love. Dance of the sugarplum fairy elena kokhanova, algis zhuraitis, bolshoi theatre orchestra soloists of the bolshoi theatre orchestra. Though we see it year after year, aspects of the ballet continue to. The composer made a selection of eight of the more popular pieces before the ballets december 1892 premiere, forming what is currently known as the nutcracker suite, op. Hoffmann, in which young marie stahlbaums favourite christmas toy, the nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil mouse king in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. The nutcracker ballet is based on the story the nutcracker and the king of mice written by e. Hoffmanns original story, the nutcracker and mouse king, maries claras, journey becomes a fevered delirium that transports her to a land where she sees sparkling christmas forests and marzipan castles, but in a world populated with dolls. The music was written by tchaikovsky and the dance was designed by lev ivanov. These showstopping dances for two people are the high point of every ballet from. Hoffmanns story the nutcracker and the mouse king, by way of alexander dumas adapted story the nutcracker.
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