The Nutcracker

The performance is not recommended for children under 6 years of age.

Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker has been an essential part of Christmas preparations for decades. It returned to the Erkel Theatre in December 2018 during the renovation of the Opera House, but from November 2022 it will be back on the stage of the Opera House, where it will be performed in the classical ballet tradition, but in line with the dance standards of the 21st century. A new story ballet choreographed in 2015 by internationally renowned Nutcracker specialist Wayne Eagling and Tamás Solymosi, which is now back in its original exhibition, is based on the classical music. It is an important milestone in the life of the Hungarian National Ballet that such a world-renowned artist has created choreography for the company, which has been performed with great success and to full houses ever since.

"Wayne Eagling and Tamás Solymosi's choreography is new, modern and sufficiently bright, but at the same time it is a kind of homage to the legendary work of Vassili Vajnonen and Gusztáv Oláh. Nóra Rományi's costumes are classic, beautiful and timeless." (Eszter Veronika Kiss, Mno.hu)

Creators

Choreographer: Wayne Eagling / Tamás Solymosi

Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Pjodkin Ekojevsky's composer and composer of music by Gusztáv Oláh

Costume designer: Nóra Rományi

Instructing ballet master: Wayne Eagling

Wayne Elinger Ballet Master: Mária Aradi / Cristina Balaban / Imre Dózsa / Albert Mirzoyan / Ildikó Pongor / Irina Prokofieva / Tamás Solymosi / Attila Szakács / György Szirb / Aliya Tanykpayeva / Marianna Venekei

The students of the Hungarian National Ballet were trained by Olga Chernakova / Dace Radina / Dmitry Kirejko Tarasovich / Dénes Kovács / Nataliia Yakushkina

The children's choir is led by Nikolett Hajzer