The Nutcracker
ballet by Vasily Vainonen set to music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Masha: Maria Khoreva
The Nutcracker / Prince: Timur Askerov
Conductor: Gavriel Heine
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Marius Petipa based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Choreography by Vasily Vainonen (1934)
Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze (1954)
Fragment of the performance on December 17, 2021
Recorded live at the Mariinsky Theatre