Dal TeatroMariinsky di San Pietroburgo, dicembre 2012
Valery Gergiev – direttore
Vasily Vainonen – choreografia
Benjamin Tyrrell – scene e costumi
– Cast –
Masha the Princess: Alina Somova
The Nutcracker Prince: Vladimir Shklyarov
Masha: Alexandra Korshunova
Stahlbaum: Vladimir Ponomaryov
His wife: Alexandra Gronskaya
Luisa: Alena Mashintseva
Franz: Pavel Miheyev
Drosselmeyer: Fyodor Lopukhov
The Grandmother: Lira Khuslamova
The Grandfather: Stanislav Burov
The Nanny: Valeria Karpina
The Nutcracker: Pavel Miheyev
Clown: Konstantin Ivkin
Doll: Yana Selina
Blackamoor: Alexei Popov
The Mouse King: Soslan Kulaev
Waltz of the Snowflakes (Act II): Valeria Martynyuk, Yana Selina and artists of the ballet
Elegant Ladies and Gentlemen: Viktoria Brilyova, Ksenia Dubrovina, Boris Zhurilov, Konstantin Zverev
Dances in Act III:
Spanish Dance: Nadezhda Batoeva, Denis Zainetdinov
Eastern Dance: Elena Bazhenova and artists of the ballet
Chinese Dance: Valeria Martynyuk, Grigori Popov
Trepak (Russian Dance): Polina Rassadina, Ksenia Romashova, Mikhail Berdichevski
Pas de trois (Dance of the reed pipes): Eleonora Sevenard, Yulia Zolotykh, Roman Surkov
Waltz of the Flowers: Viktoria Brilyova, Ksenia Ostreikovskaya, Diana Smirnova, Yuliana Chereshkevich, Andrei Ermakov, Kirill Safin, Kamil Yangurazov, Konstantin Zverev and artists of the ballet
Pas de deux – Intrada
Pas de deux – Tarantella
Pas de deux – Dance of the sugar plum fairy
Pas de deux – Coda
Final Waltz and Apotheosis
Mariinsky Theatre Children´s Chorus
Chorus Coach: Dmitry Ralko
The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky‘s eternal classic, in the choreography by Vasily Vainonen, is a colorful and sensuous dance production: dance in the highest perfection and mastery of modern technology.
This successful production is recorded exclusively for EuroArts Music. The film creates spectacular images of this great ballet production for the viewer. Under the direction of Andreas Morell, this historically unique Nutcracker promises to be a breathtaking experience.