Catania has become quite of a cultural city and when the Saint Petersburg ballet had a performance yesterday with the famous Nutcracker, we were of course there. World premiere of The Nutcracker took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on December, 18, 1892. It was not an immediate success but in 1919 choreographer Alexander Gorsky staged a new version of The Nutcracker with different scenario, roles and other dance order. The first performance of The Nutcracker outside Russia took place in England in 1934.

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Catania har blivit en ganska kulturell stad och n?r Sankt Petersburg-balletten hade en f?rest?llning ig?r med den ber?mda N?tkn?pparen, var vi f?rst?s d?r. V?rldspremi?ren med N?tkn?pparen ?gde rum vid Mariinsky-teatern i St Petersburg den 18 december 1892. Det var inte en omedelbar framg?ng men 1919 arrangerade koreografen Alexander Gorsky en ny version av N?tkn?pparen med olika scenarier, roller och annan dansordning . Den f?rsta prestationen av N?tkn?pparen utanf?r Ryssland ?gde rum i England 1934.

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The dancers are graduated from one of the world’s leading ballet companies, The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, established in 1738.


Dansarna ?r utbildade i ett av v?rldens ledande ballettf?retag, The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, som grundades 1738.

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The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is written in 1816 by German author ETA Hoffman, in which young Marie Stahlbaum’s favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. In 1892, the Russian composer Tchaikovsky adapted the story into the ballet The Nutcracker.


N?tkn?pparen och Muskungen ?r skriven 1816 av den tyska f?rfattaren ETA Hoffman, d?r unga Marie Stahlbaums favoritjulleksak, N?tkn?pparen, blir till liv och efter att ha besegrat den onda Muskungen i strid, skickas hon bort till ett magiskt land som befolkas av dockor. ?r 1892 anpassade den ryska komposit?ren Tchaikovsky historien till baletten N?tkn?pparen.

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