The Nutcracker
Performances
Ballet
The Nutcracker
Rudolf Nureyev
From 18 December 2024 to 12 January 2025
Choreography and Staging | RUDOLF NUREYEV |
Music | PËTR IL’IČ ČAJKOVSKIJ |
Sets and costumes | NICHOLAS GEŌRGIADĪS |
Lights | ANDREA GIRETTI |
Conductor | VALERY OVSYANIKOV |
Guest artist (18 and 20 Dec.) | HUGO MARCHAND |
In brief
The new Season opens with the reprise of a much loved Christmas classic that has enchanted La Scala since 1969: The Nutcracker, with Rudolf Nureyev’s choreography and the historic staging of Nicholas Georgiadis. From the children’s dances to the family’s Christmas celebrations, from the battle of the mice and toy soldiers to the brilliance of the snowflakes, the music and dance combine beautifully in the choreographic designs of the famous waltzes and pas de deux, rich of technique, rigour, lines and balance, which reveal the dramaturgical approach that Nureyev wanted to give at this ballet: between shadows and light, the journey of an adolescent girl, Clara’s dream.