ETA Hoffmann wrote the story of Clarita and the beautiful Nutcracker Drosselmeyer gave his godfather; and -the Alexandre Dumas "The Three Musketeers" himself and "The Count of Monte Cristo" - made adaptation that served to Marius Petipa choreography made the grand ballet with music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
deep, intense, dramatic colors. Music Music that moves, excites, it fascinates. Music that sticks in his soul that listening to music that does not go unnoticed, that does not deceive. wonderful music. She alone is counting, with its chords and sound effects, what happened on that Christmas, when little Clarita receives your gift. Recounts the dream that becomes the toy soldier, who runs a fierce battle against mice, and after a spectacular dance with The Snow Queen, wanders the characteristic worlds.
The Nutcracker is thus a symbol of Christmas in the western world. There is no country in which he is not represented, either with live orchestra, with either player, is with the body of professional dance, or with young children delighting the public. And there, omnipresent, the sounds of Tchaikovsky.