The Nutcracker (original ballet)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Nutcracker_(original_ballet)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ballet
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial gptkb:E._T._A._Hoffmann
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:The_Nutcracker_and_the_Mouse_King
gptkbp:choreographer gptkb:Marius_Petipa
gptkb:Lev_Ivanov
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Imperial_Theatres,_Russia
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky
gptkbp:duration about 85-90 minutes
gptkbp:firstActSetting Stahlbaum family home
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:The_Nutcracker_Suite
gptkbp:genre classical ballet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Nutcracker (original ballet)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Marius_Petipa
gptkb:Ivan_Vsevolozhsky
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Drosselmeyer
gptkb:Mouse_King
gptkb:Sugar_Plum_Fairy
gptkb:The_Nutcracker_Prince
gptkb:Clara
gptkbp:musicCatalogNumber Op. 71
gptkbp:notableAdaptation gptkb:The_Nutcracker_and_the_Four_Realms
gptkb:George_Balanchine's_The_Nutcracker
The Nutcracker (film adaptations)
gptkbp:notableArtist gptkb:Trepak_(Russian_Dance)
gptkb:March
gptkb:Arabian_Dance
gptkb:Chinese_Dance
gptkb:Dance_of_the_Reed_Flutes
gptkb:Dance_of_the_Sugar_Plum_Fairy
gptkb:Waltz_of_the_Flowers
gptkbp:notableFor annual performances, especially at Christmas
iconic celesta solo
popularization of celesta in orchestral music
gptkbp:notablePerformance gptkb:Royal_Ballet
gptkb:Bolshoi_Ballet
gptkb:New_York_City_Ballet
gptkb:Mariinsky_Ballet
gptkb:American_Ballet_Theatre
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Щелкунчик
gptkbp:originalTitleTransliteration gptkb:Shchelkunchik
gptkbp:premiereDate 1892-12-18
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Mariinsky_Theatre,_Saint_Petersburg,_Russia
gptkbp:secondActSetting gptkb:Land_of_Sweets
gptkbp:setDuring gptkb:Christmas_Eve
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:structure two acts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Nutcracker_(Wright)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8