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The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик [a], romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk] ⓘ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll.
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Sugar plums are widely associated with Christmas, through cultural phenomena such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker (composed by Tchaikovsky, 1892), as well as the line, "The children were nestled all snug in their beds/While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads," from Clement C. Moore's poem A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823), better known as " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas".
In 1892, Dell'Era created the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, a new ballet conceived by mastermind choreographer Marius Petipa [4] and composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. [8] The ballet premièred at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on December 17, 1892, as a double feature alongside Tchaikovsky's last opera, Iolanta ; tickets ...
Sir Roger de Coverley: A Christmas Dance: for orchestra: original version for 2 violins, viola and cello Orchestral: 155: 1922, 1938: Sir Roger de Coverley: A Christmas Dance: for string orchestra: original version for 2 violins, viola and cello Choral: 156: 1922: The Fairy Ring: for female chorus with optional piano: anonymous words Choral ...
Duke Ellington – piano; Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Ray Nance, Clark Terry - trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Booty Wood, Britt Woodman - trombone; Juan Tizol - valve trombone; Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Momo Duo for violin and viola (1991) Music for viola, winds and percussion (1971); Okra Music Corporation; Seesaw Music Corporation 2 Pieces for viola and piano (ca. 1992) The Place of Blue Flowers for narrator and viola Pops Wedding Music for violin and viola (ca. 1994–1995) A Prayer for alto, viola and piano (ca. 1983) Prelude for viola and ...
The foods inform Marie that without the Christmas star, Christmas will be "gone forever". Fortunately, Marie still has the star. They head into the Sugar Plum Fairy's kingdom to seek help in getting the star back on the tree. Just as the entourage reaches the fairy's castle, Reginald shows up and captures Marie.