Since the first performance of "The Nutcracker" ballet in December 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, the holiday season is incomplete until the dreamlike ballet is performed ...

The home of Russian ballet and opera since the 1860s, Mariinsky Theater is one of the greatest ballet companies in the world. During its long history, the real masterpieces of dramatic art and ...

The Mariinsky Theater will mark the 183rd anniversary ... the Sleeping Beauty and the Nutcracker," the press service said. The Eugene Onegin will be presented at night at the Mariinsky-2 stage.

T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". The first performance of the ballet was held on 18 December1892, at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia and ...