CHOREOGRAPHY Mikko Nissinen
MUSIC Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN Robert Perdziola
ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGN Nicholas Kostner
LIGHTING DESIGN Mikki Kunttu
Original Premiere
December 18, 1892, Maryinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
World Premiere
November 23, 2012, Boston Ballet, The Boston Opera House
CONDUCTOR Mischa Santora
THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE LASHA KHOZASHVILI
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY CHYRSTYN MARIAH FENTROY
DROSSELMEIER DANIEL RUBIN
CLARA VIOLET ROSAS
Prologue
STREET SWEEPER Ethan Collins
CHESTNUT VENDOR Louis Millard
CHARITY CHAP Jake Marshall
URCHINS Students of Boston Ballet School
ACT I
Party Scene
HERR SILBERHAUS Schuyler Wijsen
FRAU SILBERHAUS Chenxin Liu
FRITZ William Barrett
GOVERNESS Sage Humphries
HOUSEKEEPER Natalia Cardona
BUTLER Michael Dadlez
FOOTMAN Sebastian Bondar
GRANDFATHER Spencer Wetherington
GRANDMOTHER Abigail Merlis
PARTY GUESTS Alexa Malone, Kyra Muttilainen, Alainah Grace Reidy, Emma Topalova
Tyson Ali Clark, SeokJoo Kim, Francisco Schilereff, Sam Stampleman
THEIR CHILDREN Students of Boston Ballet School
HARLEQUIN DOLL Wesley Miller
BALLERINA DOLL Evelina Godunova
BEAR Henry Griffin
Battle Scene
MOUSE KING Finn Duggan
MICE Ethan Collins, Colton Heath, Louis Millard, Alexander Mockrish, Alberto Gil Vicente
SOLDIERS, BUNNY, AND GINGERBREAD COOKIE Students of Boston Ballet School
Snow Scene
SNOW QUEEN AND KING CHISAKO OGA and GEARÓID SOLAN
SNOWFLAKES Kaitlyn Casey and Alexis Workowski
and Emily Aston, Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny, Daniela Fabelo, Kallie Green, Alexandria Heath, Kyra Muttilainen, Alainah Grace Reidy
LEAD REINDEER Isabella Wei
REINDEER Students of Boston Ballet
— 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION —
ACT II
The Kingdom of the Sweets
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY ATTENDANTS AND PAGES Graduate Program Dancers and Students of Boston Ballet School
SPANISH CHOCOLATE SeokJoo Kim, Sydney Williams
Deanna Pearson, Schuyler Wijsen
ARABIAN COFFEE FRANCISCO SCHILEREFF and WANTING ZHAO
CHINESE TEA Emily Aston and Sebastian Bondar
FRENCH MARZIPAN Kaitlyn Casey, Daniel R. Durrett, Kyra Muttilainen
with Students of Boston Ballet School
MOTHER GINGER Henry Griffin
with Students of Boston Ballet School
RUSSIAN TROIKA TYSON ALI CLARK
Wesley Miller and Spencer Wetherington
Waltz of the Flowers
DEW DROP ALEXANDRIA HEATH
LEAD FLOWERS Lauren Herfindahl and Sage Humphries
FLOWERS Katie Cerny, Jordyn Crotty, Daniela Fabelo, Kallie Green, Bailey Hall
Mia Kwong, Alexa Malone, Abigail Merlis, Alainah Grace Reidy, Alexis Workowski
Grand Pas de Deux
Choreography based upon Lev Ivanov
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY and THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE
WITH APPRECIATION
This production of Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker is generously supported by Presenting Sponsor, PNC Bank,
Media Partner, WBUR, and Hotel Partner, Mandarin Oriental, Boston.
Casting is subject to change.
Boston Ballet thanks you for your support of live music performances.
Performance length: Approximately two hours including one 20-minute intermission.
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