Performances
Ballet
The Nutcracker
Rudolf Nureyev
From 17 December 2026 to 16 January 2027
| 2 hours and 6 minutes circa including intermission | |
Ballet in two acts Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company and Orchestra With the participation of Ballet School students of the Teatro alla Scala Academy Treble Voices Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy Teatro alla Scala Production |
| Choreography and Staging | RUDOLF NUREYEV |
|---|---|
| Music | PËTR IL’IČ ČAJKOVSKIJ |
| Sets and costumes | NICHOLAS GEŌRGIADĪS |
| Lights | ANDREA GIRETTI |
| Conductor | ANDREA QUINN |
In brief
With the most eagerly awaited production of the Christmas festivities, the new Ballet Season opens. The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in Rudolf Nureyev's version, has enchanted audiences at Teatro alla Scala since 1969, with the historic production by Nicholas Georgiadis renewed in décor and costumes by La Scala itself in 1987. From the children’s dances to the homely Christmas celebrations, from the battle between mice and toy soldiers to the splendour of the snowflakes, music and choreography converge in the marvellous choreographic designs of the famous waltzes. The dances and pas de deux, rich in technique, rigour, line and balance, reveal the dramaturgical approach that Nureyev wished to confer upon this ballet: between shadows and light, the journey of an adolescent girl, Clara’s dream.
