The Nutcracker // Opera Krakowska

One of the world’s most popular classical ballets is a story of a girl taken by her Christmas toy on a journey through a fairyland of wonders where anything is possible... The fairytale novella "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" was written in 1816 by the German poet and author E. T. A. Hoffmann. The ballet rendition of the story was conceived by the imagination of Marius Petipa, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky was commissioned to compose the music, following the success of The Sleeping Beauty. The premiere was held at St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre in 1892.

The present production has been created by Emil Wesołowski, a prominent Polish choreographer, with ties to the Grand Theatre – National Opera in Warsaw for the past 30 years, as a dancer, head of the ballet company, and director of stage productions. The audience will be guided through the magical worlds of the show by Marek Grabowski’s painterly stage design, using state-of-theatre technologies, and our workshops have produced about two hundred costumes designed by Maria Balcerek. Performed by the Krakow Opera Ballet, the dance show can be equally enjoyed by children and adults.

Programme

18.12.2019
time: 5:30 pm
scene: Main Stage
duration: 1 hr 50 mins
intervals: 1

19.12.2019
time: 11:00 am
scene: Main Stage
duration: 1 hr 50 mins
intervals: 1

19.12.2019
time: 5:30 pm
scene: Main Stage
duration: 1 hr 50 mins
intervals: 1

24.01.2020
time: 11:00 am
scene: Main Stage
duration: 1 hr 50 mins
intervals: 1

25.01.2020
time: 5:30 pm
scene: Main Stage
duration: 1 hr 50 mins
intervals: 1

26.01.2020
time: 5:30 pm
scene: Main Stage
duration: 1 hr 50 mins
intervals: 1