The Nutcracker
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| + | '''The Nutcracker''' Op. 71, is a [[fairy tale]]-[[ballet]] in two acts, three tableaux, by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], composed in [[1891]]–[[1892|92]], and based on ''[[The Nutcracker and the Mouse King]]'' (German: Der Nußknacker und der Mausekönig), a story by [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]] (1816). [[Alexandre Dumas, père]]'s adaptation of the story was set to music by Tchaikovsky and commissioned by the Imperial Theatres in 1891. | ||
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The Nutcracker Op. 71, is a fairy tale-ballet in two acts, three tableaux, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1891–92, and based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (German: Der Nußknacker und der Mausekönig), a story by E. T. A. Hoffmann (1816). Alexandre Dumas, père's adaptation of the story was set to music by Tchaikovsky and commissioned by the Imperial Theatres in 1891.
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