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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Marius Petipa/Lev Ivanov, The Nutcracker

Ouverture

Act I

Act I, No. 1: The Christmas Tree

Act I, No. 2: March

Act I, No. 3: Children's Gallop and Dance of the Parents

Act I, No. 4: Dance Scene - Arrival of Drosselmeyer

Act I, No. 5: Scene and Grandfather Waltz

Act I, No. 6: Clara and the Nutcracker

Act I, No. 7: The Battle

Act I, No. 8: A Pine Forest in Winter

Act I, No. 9: Waltz of the Snowflakes

Act II

Act II, No. 10: The Enchanted Palace of the Kingdom of Sweets

Act II, No. 11: Arrival of Clara and the Nutcracker

Act II, No. 12a: Chocolate (Spanish Dance)

Act II, No. 12b: Coffee (Arabian Dance)

Act II, No. 12c: Tea (Chinese Dance)

Act II, No. 12d: Trepak (Russian Dance)

Act II, No. 12e: Dance of the Reed-pipes

Act II, No. 12f: Mother Gigogne and the Clowns

Act II, No. 13: Waltz of the Flowers

Act II, No. 14a: Andante maestoso

Act II, No. 14b: Tarantella

Act II, No. 14c: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Act II, No. 14d: Coda

Act II, No. 15: Final Waltz and Apotheosis

The Nutcracker by Valery Kovtun after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, music by Tchaikovsky

Iuliia Moskalenko (Clara), Ielizaveta Gogidze (Fritz), Iaroslav Tkachuk (Drosselmeyer)... — Ballet of the National Opera of Ukraine

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Cast

Valery Kovtun — Choreographer

Mariia Levytska — Set designer, costumes

Igor Samarets — Lighting

Oleksiy Kovalenko — Mr. Stahlbaurn

Liudmyla Melnyk — Mrs. Stahlbaum

Iuliia Moskalenko — Clara

Ielizaveta Gogidze — Fritz

Program notes

Fall under the spell of the Ballet of the National Opera of Ukraine, one of the world's most acclaimed ballet companies, in a sublime interpretation of the most cherished holiday ballet, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker!

Inspired by an E.T.A. Hoffmann story, this iconic ballet brings to glorious, high-flying life all the childhood fears and fantasies inspired by those mysterious, exciting nights of December. The young Clara (performed by the radiant Iuliia Moskalenko) receives a gift from her uncle Drosselmeyer: a peculiar nutcracker, who enchants her into his world of fairies, snowflakes, and marzipan shepherds. After meeting a host of fantastical characters and witnessing their bewitching dances, Clara awakens to wonder—was it all a dream, or is there true magic in the world? The talents of the Kyiv-based company in this treasured production will convince you of the latter…

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