Loosely based on a story by E. T. A. Hoffmann, it opens with the Christmas festivities of little Clara and her family and progresses through a sequence of dreams and enchantments that take Clara on her magical journey to the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of the Sweets. Peter Wright’s enchanting production with its wondrously growing Christmas tree and a rousing battle between the villainous Mouse King and an army of toy soldiers, mines the colour of Tchaikovsky’s score, retaining exquisite surviving fragments of the original Ivanov choreography, including the beautiful pas de deux for the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.

Ballet in two acts

Running time: c. 2 hours 15 minutes (including 1 interval)

Choreography: Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov

Music: Pjotr Iljics Csajkovszkij

Original scenario: Marius Petipa after E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Nußknacker und Mausekönig

Production and scenario: Peter Wright

Díszlettervező: Julia Trevelyan Oman

Lighting design: Mark Henderson

Featuring: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

The London-based Royal Opera House’s live performances are distributed in Hungary by Pannonia Entertainment Ltd.

TICKET PURCHASE

To purchase your ticket, please visit the website of the performance of your choice.

SERIES TICKET

If you purchase tickets for at least 7 different Royal Opera House live broadcast shows, you will receive a 20% discount of the total ticket price.

You will be able to purchase tickets at this special price only in Vigadó’s Box Office.

The phone number of our Box Office is +36 (1) 328-3340.

You can contact the ticket sales management at kozonsegszervezes@vigado.hu.

Please, be informed that visitors arriving late for Vigadó’s Royal Opera House performances can take their seats only in the breaks.