Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker

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Overview

Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
Two-act ballet adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann’s tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"
First Performance: Saint Petersburg, December 18, 1892
Summary in German and English
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Abstract

On Christmas Eve, Clara‘s eccentric Uncle Drosselmeier gives her a nutcracker. In her dream it is turned into a prince, who takes her on a fantastic journey to the land of the Sugar-Plum Fairy.

Cast

Production: 1978: Klaus Gmeiner, 2017: Philippe Brunner / Michaela Obermayr / Johannes Stepanek
Choreographie: 1978: Leonard Salaz / Sylvia Wenschau, 2017: Johannes Stepanek
Stage setting: Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costumes: Marie Luise Walek
Sculptor: Josef Magnus
Light: Alexander Proschek / Philippe Brunner
Sound: Alexander Proschek
Puppeteers: Philippe Brunner, Anne-Lise Droin, Pierre Droin, Vladimir Fediakov, Edouard Funck, Max Kiener, Marion Mayer, Emanuel Paulus, Eva Wiener, Ursula Winzer

Additional
information

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
Recording: Decca 1958

Premiere: 1978
New staging: December 26, 2017

The puppets and the equipment were made in the workshops of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre.

Dates

Sa,  29.11.2025 | 19:30
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with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
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Su,  30.11.2025 | 16:00
The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
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Su,  07.12.2025 | 16:00
The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
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Fr,  12.12.2025 | 19:30
The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
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Su,  14.12.2025 | 16:00
The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
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Sa,  20.12.2025 | 19:30
The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
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Su,  21.12.2025 | 16:00
The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
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Fr,  26.12.2025 | 16:00
The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
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Sa,  27.12.2025 | 19:30
The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
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Tu,  30.12.2025 | 19:30
The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with intermission 1 hour 35 minutes (intermission after the first act)
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