Premiered on March 12, 1966.
Presented with one interval.
Running time: 2 hours 15 minutes.
Libretto by Yuri Grigorovich
after the fairy-tale of the same name
by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann,
ideas from the scenario by Marius Petipa used
Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich
Designer: Simon Virsaladze
Music Director: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
 A scene from Act I. Tatiana Petrova as Nutcracker-doll. Vladimir Moiseyev as Drosselmeyer. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  Alexei Loparevich as Drosselmeyer. Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |  Alexei Loparevich as Drosselmeyer. Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |  Anton Kondratov as He-Devil. Svetlana Pavlova as She-Devil. Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |  A scene from the performance. Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |  Snowflakes. Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |  Anastasia Stashkevich as Marie. Vyacheslav Lopatin as Nutcracker-Prince. Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |  Dolls. Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |  Anna Nikulina as Marie. Alexander Volchkov as Nutcracker-Prince. Photo by Yelena Fetisova. |  Final Valse. Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |
