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The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, romanized: Shchelkunchik, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced [ɕːɪlˈkunʲtɕɪk] ⓘ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a…

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Genre
Classical ballet
Music
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Premiere
18 December 1892 (1892-12-18) Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Overview

Composition

History

Roles

Act I

Plot

Musical sources and influences

Instrumentation

Musical scenes

Concert excerpts and arrangements

Selected discography

Ethnic stereotypes and cultural misattribution

Reception

In popular culture

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The Nutcracker

Nodes283
Edges282
Triples495
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007067
Components1

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The Nutcracker

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related to Contemporary arrangements · 144
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related to Selected discography · 48
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related to Ethnic stereotypes and cultural misattribution · 40
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related to Subsequent productions · 40
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related to Saint Petersburg premiere · 33
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related to Children's recordings · 31
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related to Film · 26
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related to Composition · 25
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related to Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a · 25
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related to Musical sources and influences · 20
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The NutcrackerGenreClassical ballet1.00infobox
The NutcrackerMusicPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1.00infobox
The NutcrackerPremiere18 December 1892 (1892-12-18) Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia1.00infobox
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or having Drosselmeir emerges through the clock face during the overture makinginstance ofhe has contemporarized them with changes0.80text
Michel Fokine's fashionably sexy Scheherazadeinstance ofwith works0.80text
The Nutcrackerrelated to Act IHerr Stahlbaumhis0.60section
The Nutcrackerrelated to Act IClara0.60section
The Nutcrackerrelated to Act IMarie0.60section
The Nutcrackerrelated to Act IMasha0.60section
The Nutcrackerrelated to Act IRussian0.60section
The Nutcrackerrelated to Act IGuestsParents0.60section

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