On the eve of Christmas, the National Opera and Ballet House in Tirana brings for the art lovers a typical work for the End of the Year. The atmosphere of the fairy tale, the dream and the warmth that the holidays bring comes through the ballet “The Nutcracker” of Tchaikovsky.

After 4 successful evenings (December 8, 9, 10, 11) of the performance of the opera “Carmen”, the Tirana Opera and Ballet House stage us occupied by the ballet “The Nutcracker”, which has been staged before, but this month according to the theater comes as a new production. The dates for this ballet are December 22, 23 and 24.

The two-act ballet is based on the story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by Hoffmann, libretto after Marius Petipa. At first a ballet commissioned by the director of the Moscow theater, “The Nutcracker” immediately became one of the most popular works staged in various theaters in the world.

The story of The Nutcracker is about a young lady named Clara who shrinks to the size of a mouse and her beloved Nutcracker goes to war with other toys against the evil mouse. He is later transformed into a handsome prince and they go together to the kingdom of the sugar-flooded fairies (Confiturembourg) to reign forever.

This ballet has been interpreted and transformed into dozens and dozens of cinematographic, theatrical and TV productions.

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