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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.
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".
[14] [15] To conclude the night, the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier perform a dance. [16] [17] A final waltz is performed by all the sweets, after which the Sugar Plum Fairy ushers Marie and the Prince down from their throne. He bows to her, kisses Marie goodbye, and leads them to a reindeer-drawn sleigh.
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 ...
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) – 3:29 "What Child is This/Dyngyldai" – 5:08 "O Come All Ye Faithful" – 2:12 "Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas/It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (Meredith Willson) – 5:38 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 5:48
Jazz, Christmas: Label: Columbia CL 1541: Duke Ellington chronology; Blues in Orbit ... "Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)" – 3:05 "Entr'acte" – 1:53
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.