2024-11-03 10:00 Atrium
Genrefor children
Number of Acts2
Duration90
The idea for The Nutcracker ballet came from theone-time director of the Tsarist theatre who, based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale entitled the Nutcracker and the Mouse King, wanted to stage a fairy tale ballet that would surpass all that had gone before, both in sound and in spectacle. Tchaikovsky was asked to compose the music and after Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty his third and final ballet was also a great success. It was the six-movement suite of the music of The Nutcracker that was first performed in March 1892, and in December of the same year the spectacularly presented theatrical work was also performed. The Nutcracker has become the most frequently played ballet piece of all time.
On Christmas Eve, the parents are decorating the hugetree set up in the living room. The siblings, Marie and Fritz do not stop arguing even around the tree. The invited children arrive one by one, friendships are formed, the boys make pranks with the little girls. The presentation of the gifts begins. There are lots of cute toys, fairy tale characters and puppets in the decorative boxes under the tree. The children's funny godfather, Uncle Drosselmeyer stumbles in late, bringing special refurbished toys in his bag. Marie likes an old nutcracker puppet. After the excitement of the evening, the little girl falls asleep under the Christmas tree hugging her new toy. In her dream, images of the recent events appear, puppets and toys come to life, and then suddenly mice overrun the whole room, led by the evil Mouse King. The Nutcracker Prince and his friends help the girl, and after the land of snowflakes they arrive at the Cake Palace, where Sugarplum Fairy and The Lord of Cake Palace with his team of confectioners guide them to more and more wonderful places in the magical fairytale world. The series of adventures begins. In Marie's dream, as Princess Marie, she dances with Prince Nutcracker. The little girl’s sometimes terrifying, and other times wonderful dreams appear in the story, in which, at the end, the family hugs each other together again on Christmas Eve.
Marie: Diletta Savini
Nutcracker: Gergely Czár
Uncle Drosselmeyer: Attila Kalmár
Fritz, Marie’brother: Vincze Lotár
Mother and Mouse Queen: Adrienn Nyeste
Father and the Lord of Cake Palace: Francesco Totaro
Nanny and Sugarplum Fairy: Petra Bocsi
Barbie and Rose Princess: Diletta Ranuzzi
Balthazar the Brave: Róbert Kiss
Mouse King: Graziano Bongiovanni
Rose Prince: Csongor Füzesi
Chinese Girl: Nier Janka
Arabic Girl: Miriam Munno
Spanish Girl: Letizia Melchiorre
Children, mice, snowflakes and sweets: Desirée Bazzani, Miriam
Munno, Letizia Melchiorre, Nier Janka, Füzesi Csongor, Graziano Bongiovanni, Vincze Lotár
Music: P. I. Csajkovszkij
Lighting: Ferenc Stadler
Puppets: Andrea Tóth, Attila Etele Kiss
Head Piece: Zazzy Design
Sets and costumes: Júlia Horányi
CHOREOGRAPHED BY TAMÁS JURONICS
Artistic Director: Tamás Juronics
CEO: András Pataki
Partners:
Szeged Megyei Jogú Város Önkormányzata, Szegedi Nemzeti Színház, Kulturális és Innovációs
Minisztérium, Nemzeti Kulturális Alap, Kortárs Balettért Alapítvány
Novotel Hotel – Szeged, CE Glass Company, Busz Travel – Császár József, Hétkávézó, Pick Szeged
Kézilabda, Palánta Salátabár, Szegedi Közlekedési Társaság, Porsche Szeged, Porsche M5, Skechers
Central Eastern Europe