Boston Ballet The Nutcracker Tickets

Boston Ballet The Nutcracker is a phenomenal piece of ballet that has its roots in the famous works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky who was also responsible for famous ballet pieces such as SwanLake and Sleeping Beauty, two of many legendary and iconic compositions that form up much of classical ballet today. Boston Ballet is a two act ballet that has Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov as the original choreographers with the musical score being the work of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto for this iconic ballet was based upon The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, a story by E.T.A Hoffman and the inspiration of the ballet. The very first performance of The Nutcracker occurred at the Mariinsky Theatre located in St Petersburg alongside the opera Iolanta, also by Tchaikovsky.

Soon after this performance of The Nutcracker, its twenty minute suite became world famous. Today, it is performed by nearly each and every ballet company in America particularly during the Christmas holiday season. It has in fact become an annual tradition in the US in many cities and is performed each year, easily becoming one of the most performed ballets as well. In the US, The Nutcracker was introduced by George Balanchine and first performed by the New York City Ballet, also headed by George Balanchine. From then on, this amazing ballet caught on and thus it led to the smashing Boston Ballet The Nutcracker performances done by the superb Boston Ballet, the finest in Boston, in New England and in America.

The Nutcracker has seen a good number of productions and adaptations since the premier of the ballet. When it comes to film, 1940 saw Disney release the movie Fantasia that used music from The Nutcracker Suite and so did The Spirit of Christmas, a 1950 stop motion feature. In 1951, Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen featured dances from The Nutcracker with its music again being part of 1954’s The Little Match Girl. In 1990, a remarkable hand animated movie by Lacewood Productions and Warner Bros was released and titled as The Nutcracker Prince. In 2001, Barbie in the Nutcracker was released, making up yet another in a line of Barbie movies.

Even video games have made use of pieces and music from Boston Ballet The Nutcracker and a large number of children’s recordings as well as children’s adaptations of The Nutcracker have been seen.

Thus, this smashing Christmas holiday season, everyone is looking to have a fun time with family, friends and loved ones. As such, if you want to have a time that will truly be unforgettable and magical in every possible way, the best thing to do is to go see a ballet live. And not just any ordinary ballet but a ballet performed by the greatest in ballet companies, the Boston Ballet, and particularly performances of Boston Ballet The Nutcracker which are suited to this particular season via Boston Ballet The Nutcracker Tickets.