On Christmas Eve, Marie is given a wooden nutcracker as a gift. When the clock strikes midnight, the Nutcracker transforms into a prince and saves Marie from the Mouse King and his army. This beloved holiday classic will enchant the whole family with its fairytale setting and Tchaikovsky’s timeless score. This live version of The Nutcracker, created for the Bolshoi by Yuri Grigorovich, is full of romanticism and philosophical reflections on ideal love.
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Anna Nikulina
Marie
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Denis Rodkin
Prince
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Andrei Merkuriev
Drosselmeyer
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Vitaly Biktimirov
The Mouse King
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Alexander Fadeyechev
Stahlbaum
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Maria Zharkova
Mrs. Stahlbaum
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Anastasia Shilova
Fritz
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Denis Medvedev
Harlequin
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Mariana Gomes
Columbine
Tatiana Lazareva
She-Devil
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Anton Savichev
He-Devil
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Elizaveta Kruteleva
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Vincent Bataillon Director · Yuri Grigorovich Story E. T. A. Hoffmann Story
United States release December 21, 2014
Production
Bolshoi Theatre
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Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
Russia · December 21, 2014
Limited theatrical
United States · December 21, 2014
Limited theatrical
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