{"product_id":"5060294540014-tchaikovsky-the-nutcracker","title":"Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN \u003cbr\u003e The Nutcracker is the least 'symphonic' of the three Tchaikovsky ballets. It was commissioned by Ivan Vsyevolozhky, the Director of the Russian Imperial Theatres. Vsyevolozhky had previously commissioned The Sleeping Beauty from Tchaikovsky, and was looking to the composer for another great success. Tchaikovsky's choreographer then had been Marius Petipa, and he was invited to renew their collaboration. For his subject, Petipa chose a short story called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by the German fantastical writer (and music critic) E.T.A. Hoffmann (this, in turn, was based on a story by the French writer Alexandre Dumas (père). Vsyevolozhky's plan was for the new ballet to be performed as the first part of a double bill with Tchaikovsky's short opera Iolanta (which is why The Nutcracker is shorter than the other two Tchaikovsky ballets). It was in this context that The Nutcracker first saw the light at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on 18th December 1892. The choreography was not well received, but the music was hailed as \"astonishingly rich in inspiration\" and \"beautiful, melodious, original and characterful from beginning to end.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56445858414966,"sku":"5060294540014","price":4.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_328890_1000652.jpg?v=1760432304","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/5060294540014-tchaikovsky-the-nutcracker","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}