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“Nussknacker und Mausekönig” at Zurich Opera | a choreography by Christian Spuck

Because of Tchaikovsky’s imaginative music, “The Nutcracker“ is one of the most popular works of the ballet repertoire, instantly bringing to mind scenes of a splendidly decorated Christmas room, dancing snowflakes and the waltz of the flowers. The plot of “The Nutcracker“ is based on a novella by E.T.A. Hoffmann. While the masterful fairytale virtuously jumps back and forth from a dream to reality, in its adaptation as a ballet libretto by Alexandre Dumas and Marius Petipa, it lost much of its dark romantic fantasy.

Christian Spuck attempts to distance himself from the Dumas/Petipas version in his choreography and puts the literary origin at the heart of his ballet, emphasizing the fantastical nature of the original rather than the delightful Christmas fairytale and bringing back the fairytale of the princess Pirlipat, who turns into a nut monster, as told by E.T.A. Hoffmann. In Rufus Didwiszus’ stage setting, the workshop of the godfather Drosselmeier turns into an old revue-theater, where the characters of the ballet come to life. Spuck’s choreography plays with the richness of characters in Hoffmann’s narrative cosmos, the absurdity and overwrought humor that inhabit them while at the same time looking down into the dark abyss of Romanticism.

Soloist(s): Dominik Slavkovský, Michelle Willems, Daniel Mulligan, William Moore, Yen Han, Matthew Knight, Ina Callejas, Giulia Tonelli, Mélissa Ligurgo, Cohen Aitchison-Dugas, i.a.
Conductor: Paul Connelly
Choreography: Christian Spuck
Stage Designer: Rufus Didwiszus
Costume Designer: Buji Shiff
Year: 2018
Venue: Zurich Opera House
Directed by: Michael Beyer
In Co-production with: NHK
In Association with: Zurich Opera House
Format: 4K HDR
Photo credit: Gregory Batardon
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