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"The Nutcracker" is an 1892 two-act classical ballet by Tchaikovsky set on Christmas Eve in a child's imagination around a magical Nutcracker doll, adapted from earlier literary sources. Though initially less popular than the concert suite Tchaikovsky extracted from it, the full ballet eventually became a beloved classic that remains widely performed today.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- nutcracker doll
- Author
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Composer
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Librettist
- Marius Petipa
- Image
- Nutcracker1892.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Nutcracker
- topic's main category
- Category:The Nutcracker
- title
- Щелкунчик
- choreographer
- Marius Petipa
- location of first performance
- Mariinsky Theatre
- inception
- 1892-00-00
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- opus number
- 71
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