Ballet

The Nutcracker

(Pähklipureja)

Ballet in two acts.
Classical ballet with magnificent and spectacular decorations and delightful music.

Composer: Pjotr Tšaikovski
Libretto based on Elsa Beskov's children's book "Petters och Lottas Jul" ("Petter's and Lotta's Christmas") by Pär Isberg and Erik Näslund
Choreographer-producer: Pär Isberg (Sweden)
Musical Director and Conductor: Lauri Sirp

Stage Designer: Bo-Ruben Hedwall (Sweden)
Costume Designer: Ann-Mari Anttila (Sweden)
Light Designer: Torkel Blomkvist (Sweden)

In Roles: Milena Tuominen, Raminta Rudžionyte, Benjamin Kyprianos, Matthew Jordan, Hayley Blackburn, Nashua Mironova, Julia Litvinenko,Yassaui Mergalijev, Ilja Mironov, Silas Stubbs

Presented with one interval.
Running Time:

2:05

Performances:

Two orphans, Petter and Lotta, live together with their aunts Brown, Green and Lavender. This is their first Christmas together when the children can themselves go to the woods and bring a Christmas tree and then later decorate it.

The Christmas preparations are in full swing. The children do not understand much of the mysterious bustle as they have never celebrated Christmas before. The guest arrive and the Christmas goat arrives with presents…Lotta gets nutcrackers shaped like a Christmas goat and Petter gets a hobby horse.

When the guests have left, it is time for the children to go to bed, but only then do the really mysterious things start to happen…

The premiere on November 26, 2004 at the Vanemuine Grand Building.

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