Nutcracker at the Mariinsky Theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6R9KFCzurg
The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, Балет-феерия / Shchelkunchik, Balet-feyeriya; French: Casse-Noisette, ballet-féerie) is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on Sunday, December 18, 1892, on a double-bill with Tchaikovsky's opera, Iolanta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker
photos
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Mariinsky Theatre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariinsky_Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre (Russian: Мариинский театр, Mariinskiy Teatr, also spelled Maryinsky, Mariyinsky) is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. Through most of the Soviet era, it was known as the Kirov Theatre. Today, the Mariinsky Theatre is home to the Mariinsky Ballet, Mariinsky Opera and Mariinsky Orchestra. Since Yuri Temirkanov's retirement in 1988, the conductor Valery Gergiev has served as the theatre's general director.
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Larissa Lezhnina, Viktor Baranov, Piotr Russanov ..photos
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Viktor Fedotov, Real Name:Виктор Андреевич Федотов
http://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/release/r175e/r175e.html
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Федотов,_Виктор_Андреевич
http://www.discogs.com/artist/1457009-Viktor-Fedotov
Profile: Soviet and Russian conductor, tuba player, music teacher, and soloist.
(8 July 1933, Novoaleksandrovka, Menzelinsky, Tatarstan - 3 December 2001, St. Petersburg)
He was principal conductor of The Kirov Opera and Ballet