M/K Nutcracker (7pm-St. Petersburg)

http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/afisha/20060228

The opening of the II festival Maslenitsa

The Nutcracker

ballet in two acts

Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Set, costume and production design: Mihail Chemiakin

Choreography: Kirill Simonov

Nadezhda Gonchar

Andrei Merkuriev

Conducted by Sergei Roldugin

The II festival Maslenitsa

Libretto and stage plan: Marius Petipa adapted: Mihail Chemiakin after the tale by E. T. A. Hoffmann

Musical Director: Valery Gergiev

Lighting design: Vladimir Lukasevich

Assistant to Mr Chemiakin: Andrei Voitenko

World premiere of Mihail Chemiakin´s version: 12 February 2001, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes