Mariinsky Theatre - Piotr Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
From the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, December 2012
Programme
- 0:00:00 - Overture
- 0:29:39 - Act I
- 0:52:08 - Prelude to Act II
- 0:55:58 - Spanish Dance
- 1:02:29 - Eastern Dance
- 1:07:12 - Chinese Dance
- 1:08:36 - Trepak - Russian Dance
- 1:09:59 - Pas de trois - Dance of the reed pipes
- 1:13:38 - Waltz of the Flowers
- 1:21:05 - Pas de deux - Intrada
- 1:27:57 - Pas de deux - Tarantella
- 1:29:05 - Pas de deux - Dance of the sugar plum fairy
- 1:31:31 - Pas de deux - Coda
- 1:33:32 - Final Waltz and Apotheosis
Credits
- Valery Gergiev - conductor
- Vasily Vainonen - choreography
- Benjamin Tyrrell - stage and costumes
- Masha the Princess: Alina Somova
- The Nutcracker Prince: Vladimir Shklyarov
- Masha: Alexandra Korshunova
- Stahlbaum: Vladimir Ponomaryov
- His wife: Alexandra Gronskaya
- Luisa: Alena Mashintseva
- Franz: Pavel Miheyev
- Drosselmeyer: Fyodor Lopukhov
- The Grandmother: Lira Khuslamova
- The Grandfather: Stanislav Burov
- The Nanny: Valeria Karpina
- The Nutcracker: Pavel Miheyev
- Clown: Konstantin Ivkin
- Doll: Yana Selina
- Blackamoor: Alexei Popov
- The Mouse King: Soslan Kulaev
- Waltz of the Snowflakes (Act II): Valeria Martynyuk, Yana Selina and artists of the ballet
- Elegant Ladies and Gentlemen: Viktoria Brilyova, Ksenia Dubrovina, Boris Zhurilov, Konstantin Zverev
- Dancers in Act II:
- Spanish Dance: Nadezhda Batoeva, Denis Zainetdinov
- Eastern Dance: Elena Bazhenova and artists of the ballet
- Chinese Dance: Valeria Martynyuk, Grigori Popov
- Trepak (Russian Dance): Polina Rassadina, Ksenia Romashova, Mikhail Berdichevski
- Pas de trois (Dance of the reed pipes): Eleonora Sevenard, Yulia Zolotykh, Roman Surkov
- Waltz of the Flowers: Viktoria Brilyova, Ksenia Ostreikovskaya, Diana Smirnova, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Andrei Ermakov, Kirill Safin, Kamil Yangurazov, Konstantin Zverev and artists of the ballet
- Pas de deux - Intrada
- Pas de deux - Tarantella
- Pas de deux - Dance of the sugar plum fairy
- Pas de deux - Coda
- Final Waltz and Apotheosis
- Mariinsky Theatre Children´s Chorus
- Chorus Coach: Dmitry Ralko
Notes
The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's eternal classic, in the choreography by Vasily Vainonen, is a colorful and sensuous dance production: dance in the highest perfection and mastery of modern technology.
This successful production is recorded exclusively for EuroArts Music. The film creates spectacular images of this great ballet production for the viewer. Under the direction of Andreas Morell, this historically unique Nutcracker promises to be a breathtaking experience.
Picture: Valentin Baranovsky 2012
© 2012 EuroArts / Mariinsky Theatre