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 JEFFREY CIRIO
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY JI YOUNG CHAE
DROSSELMEIER LASHA KHOZASHVILI
CLARA VIOLET ROSAS

Prologue

STREET SWEEPER Colton Heath
CHESTNUT VENDOR Louis Millard
CHARITY CHAP Jake Marshall
URCHINS Students of Boston Ballet School

ACT I
Party Scene

HERR SILBERHAUS Schuyler Wijsen
FRAU SILBERHAUS Lauren Herfindahl
FRITZ William Barrett
GOVERNESS Sage Humphries
HOUSEKEEPER Natalia Cardona
BUTLER Michael Dadlez
FOOTMAN Sebastian Bondar
GRANDFATHER Spencer Wetherington
GRANDMOTHER Abigail Merlis
PARTY GUESTS Katie Cerny, Alexa Malone, Emma Topalova, Sydney Williams
Tyson Ali Clark, SeokJoo Kim, Francisco Schilereff, Gearóid Solan
THEIR CHILDREN Students of Boston Ballet School
HARLEQUIN DOLL Wesley Miller
BALLERINA DOLL Alexandria Heath
BEAR Henry Griffin

Battle Scene

MOUSE KING Finn Duggan
MICE Ethan Collins, Colton Heath, Jake Marshall, Louis Millard, Alexander Mockrish
SOLDIERS, BUNNY, AND GINGERBREAD COOKIE Students of Boston Ballet School

Snow Scene

SNOW QUEEN AND KING VIKTORINA KAPITONOVA and SANGMIN LEE
SNOWFLAKES Kaitlyn Casey and Alexis Workowski
and Emily Aston, Zoe Cartier, Katie Cerny, Jordyn Crotty,
Daniela Fabelo, Mia Kwong, Kyra Muttilainen, Alainah Grace Reidy
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 SeokJoo Kim, Layla Porter,
Chenxin Liu, Schuyler Wijsen
ARABIAN COFFEE LIA CIRIO and PAUL CRAIG
CHINESE TEA Emily Aston and Gearóid Solan
FRENCH MARZIPAN Daniel R. Durrett, Alexandria Heath, Emma Topalova
with Students of Boston Ballet School
MOTHER GINGER Henry Griffin
with Students of Boston Ballet School
RUSSIAN TROIKA TYSON ALI CLARK
Wesley Miller, Spencer Wetherington

Waltz of the Flowers

DEW DROP MADOKA SUGAI
LEAD FLOWERS Lauren Herfindahl and Sage Humphries
FLOWERS Katie Cerny, Daniela Fabelo, Alexa Malone, Abigail Merlis, Kyra Muttilainen,
Deanna Pearson, Bailey Hall, Alainah Grace Reidy, Sydney Williams, 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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