Overview
Sir Peter Wright’s 1984 version of The Nutcracker for The Royal Ballet, still performed by the Company, stays close to Hoffmann’s original tale. It emphasises Drosselmeyer’s mission to find a young girl – Clara – who can break the curse imposed by the Mouse King on his nephew Hans Peter and thus restore him to human form. References to Nuremberg and German Christmas traditions are present in the settings, with a kingdom of marzipan featured in Act 2.
Year 1985
Studio BBC, Kultur Video
Director John Vernon
Crew John B. Read (Lighting Design), Lev Ivanov (Choreographer), Marius Petipa (Choreographer), Peter Wright (Choreographer), Julia Trevelyan Oman (Production Design), Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Conductor)
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Language English
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