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.
Directed by Vincent Bataillon
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TrailerBOLSHOI BALLET'S THE NUTCRACKER
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Cast
Anna Nikulina
Marie
Denis Rodkin
Prince
Andrei Merkuriev
Drosselmeyer
Vitaly Biktimirov
The Mouse King
Alexander Fadeyechev
Stahlbaum
Maria Zharkova
Mrs. Stahlbaum
Anastasia Shilova
Fritz
Denis Medvedev
Harlequin
Mariana Gomes
Columbine
Tatiana Lazareva
She-Devil
Anton Savichev
He-Devil
Elizaveta Kruteleva
Spanish Doll
Artur Mkrtchyan
Spanish Doll
Anna Rebetskaya
Indian Doll
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