Nötknäpparen
It's Christmas Eve in Lillköping at Aunt Brun, Aunt Grön and Aunt Gredelin's. It's Christmas fun with gingerbread baking and Uncle Blå is cutting the Christmas tree for Petter and Lotta. A colorful and playful dance performance from the Royal Opera after E.T.A. Hoffman's story of the Nutcracker Prince and the Rat King, here interwoven with Elsa Beskow's magical fairy tale world. Music: Peter Tchaikovsky. Choreography by Pär Isberg.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Released
- 1997
Details
Release year: 1997
Storyline
It's Christmas Eve in Lillköping at Aunt Brun, Aunt Grön and Aunt Gredelin's. It's Christmas fun with gingerbread baking and Uncle Blå is cutting the Christmas tree for Petter and Lotta. A colorful and playful dance performance from the Royal Opera after E.T.A. Hoffman's story of the Nutcracker Prince and the Rat King, here interwoven with Elsa Beskow's magical fairy tale world. Music: Peter Tchaikovsky. Choreography by Pär Isberg.
Top credits
- Anders Nordström — Kolaren (Charcoal Burner, Prince)
- Marie Lindqvist — Husan, the Chambermaid
- Weit Carlsson — Farbror Blå (Uncle Bla)
- Mats Jansson — The Mouse King