Do you know what’s today? Today is the122nd anniversary of the world premiere of the Nutcracker! It was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on Sunday, December 18, 1892, on a double-bill with Tchaikovsky’s opera, Iolanta.
Photo Scene from Act I -Sergei Legat as Nutcracker, Stanislava Stanislavovna Belinskaya as Clara, & Unidentified as a Gingerbread Soldier
Photo credit: Unknown
The Nutcracker Premiered on Sunday, December 18, 1892
