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 YUE SHI
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY WANTING ZHAO
DROSSELMEIER LASHA KHOZASHVILI
CLARA ABIGAIL MERLIS

Prologue

STREET SWEEPER Michael Dadlez
CHESTNUT VENDOR Louis Millard
CHARITY CHAP Ethan Collins
URCHINS Students of Boston Ballet School

ACT I
Party Scene

HERR SILBERHAUS Schuyler Wijsen
FRAU SILBERHAUS Lauren Herfindahl
FRITZ Alberto Gil Vicente
GOVERNESS Chenxin Liu
HOUSEKEEPER Sophia Jones
BUTLER Colton Heath
FOOTMAN Alexander Mockrish
GRANDFATHER Wesley Miller
GRANDMOTHER Emily Aston
PARTY GUESTS Alexandria Heath, Deanna Pearson, Alainah Grace Reidy, Sydney Williams
Sebastian Bondar, Finn Duggan, Henry Griffin, Samuel Yuan
THEIR CHILDREN Students of Boston Ballet School
HARLEQUIN DOLL Daniel R. Durrett
BALLERINA DOLL Daniela Fabelo
BEAR Gearóid Solan

Battle Scene

MOUSE KING Schuyler Wijsen
MICE Tristan de Ris, Colton Heath, Jake Marshall, Alexander Mockrish, Kian Reeves-Meier
SOLDIERS, BUNNY, AND GINGERBREAD COOKIE Students of Boston Ballet School

Snow Scene

SNOW QUEEN AND KING SEO HYE HAN and PATRICK YOCUM
SNOWFLAKES Alainah Grace Reidy and Emma Topalova
and Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny, Alexandria Heath, Alexa Malone,
Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Sydney Williams, Alexis Workowski
LEAD REINDEER Chelsea Shen
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 Gearóid Solan, Sydney Williams
Alexa Malone, Wesley Miller
ARABIAN COFFEE Emma Topalova and Sangmin Lee
CHINESE TEA Emily Aston and Spencer Wetherington
FRENCH MARZIPAN Lauren Herfindahl, Sage Humphries, Francisco Schilereff
with Students of Boston Ballet School
MOTHER GINGER Louis Millard
with Students of Boston Ballet School
RUSSIAN TROIKA SEBASTIAN BONDAR
Finn Duggan, SeokJoo Kim

Waltz of the Flowers

DEW DROP Ji Young Chae
LEAD FLOWERS Chenxin Liu and Evelina Godunova
FLOWERS  Natalia Cardona, Katie Cerny, Aubrey Daniels, Bailey Hall, Alexandria Heath,
Sophia Jones, Mia Kwong, Chelsea Shen, Alexis Workowski, Eden Young

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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