The Nutcracker is a ballet originally written by PyotrIlyich Tchaikovskyin 1892.
This classic ballet has 2 acts and 3 scenes.
On December 18, 1892 it was performed for the 1st time.
It had always been performed in Russia in the Budapest Royal Opera House.
However, it became increasingly popular and was now performed in England as well.
Ede Brada choreographed it and it was performed in England in 1934.
Performances of the Nutcracker were now starting in the United States.
The first time it was performed in the U.
S.
was in 1944.
The San Francisco Ballet was privileged to be the first to perform the famous ballet and William Christensen was privileged to be the first artistic director.
It was such a phenomenon it spread from San Francisco on the west coast to New York on the East Coast.
The New York City Ballet was the first to perform the George Balanchine's Nutcracker There are a variety of instruments used in The Nutcracker.
There are quite a few woodwind instruments.
There are 2 piccolos, 3 flutes, 2oboes, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets, and 2 bassoons.
In addition, it even has brass instruments.
There are 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and 1 tuba.
This classic ballet also uses percussion instruments.
They are a timpani, a triangle, castanets, a tambourine, a side drum, cymbals, bass drum, a tam-tam, and a glockenspiel.
Finally, the other instruments that they use are a piano, 2 harps, violins, violas, cellos, and double basses.
Can you believe after all this time The Nutcracker Ballet never lost its popularity.
How many things can we say that about.
Generation after generation love The Nutcracker Ballet.
It has become a holiday tradition for many families.