New Year's Eve at Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker

About the Event

Revel in the holiday tradition of "The Nutcracker". Rudolf Nureyev's famous interpretation of Tchaikovsky's enchanted tale is performed by the Paris Opera Ballet Company and the pupils of the Ballet School.

With "The Nutcracker", Tchaikovsky explores the realm of childhood. It is music of incomparable lyricism and originality, evoking a dreamlike and sometimes disturbing world of whirling snowflakes, myriad flowers, and dancing sugar plum fairies.

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, Music
Rudolf Nureyev, Choreography and staging after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (Opéra national de Paris, 1985)
Nicolas Georgiadis, Sets and costumes
Etoiles, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet
with the participation of the Ballet School

Paris Opera Orchestra
Maîtrise des Hauts‐De‐Seine / Paris Opera children's Chorus
Kevin Rhodes, Conductor